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 War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Le Cateau Communal Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After Sept 1917 ~ Kineton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Died of Broncho Pneumonia Sept 1917  
     
Place of Death Previous 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/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1899 Chadshunt 30 Jun 1899 at Gaydon with Chadshunt
   
Parents Names Abode
Joseph and Matilda Warwick Road, Kineton
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment 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