South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 138624 Horace Samuel ASKEW - 62nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps


Died on Tuesday December 3rd 1918 aged 19


Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Le Cateau Communal Cemetery
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
After Sept 1917 ~ Kineton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place EnlistedOther War Memorials
Died of Broncho Pneumonia Sept 1917  
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units 
53rd CCS, Le Cateau  ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Horace died of Died of Broncho Pneumonia at the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station at Le Cateau

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBaptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1899 Chadshunt 30 Jun 1899 at Gaydon with Chadshunt
   
Parents NamesAbode
Joseph and Matilda Warwick Road, Kineton
   
SchoolsColleges
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Address HistoryEmployment History
1899 - Bawcotts Barn, 1911 - School
1901 - New Farm, Kinston Road, Chadshunt  
1911 - Banbury Street, Kineton                 
1918 - Warwick Road, Kineton  
   
  • Brother of George Askew and Oliver Askew who also fell