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NAME: Aston, William Henry

RANK: Gunner

UNIT: Royal Marine Artillery

BATTALION ETC: Royal Marine Artillery Headquarters, Eastney

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: RMA/5117

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Died from bronchitis & emphysema (pneumonia) 22nd June 1917 at Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Highland Road Cemetery, Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

OTHER INFORMATION: Born 20th January 1876 at Wednesbury, Stafford. Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Aston of (1901) 20 George Street, Snydale, Yorkshire. Enlisted 23rd January 1894. Seeriously wounded 1916, invalided to UK 17th July 1916. In 1911 family living at 12 Tokar Strert, Eastney, Portsmouth. Husband of Alice Rose Aston of 24 Tokar Street, Eastney, Portsmouth. Remarried now Howarth.