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• Name ASTON
• Initials WD
• First name WALTER DOUGLAS
• Place of birth Tarporley
• Country Cheshire, England
• Family Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aston, of "Riversdale," Shelley Rd., Worthing
• Education New College (Worthing); Downing College (legal studies), Cambridge;
• Extra info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aston of Riversdale, Worthing; husband of C. O. Aston, of 1228, Ohio St., Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A; two daughters;
  
  

Military service

• Rank Captain
• Regiment and unit 1st/1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 118th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 39th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Commissioned in April 1915; to France on 3 September 1917

Death

• Wounded 1 November
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the neck, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 2 November 1917
• Died at the age of 35
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - FF - 13

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