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Private JOSEPH WILLIAM ASTLEY

Service Number: 93342
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUMILLY-EN-CAMBRESIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Astley, of Wallsend; husband of Ellen Astley, of 25, Leslie St., Wallsend, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription A SECRET THOUGHT A SILENT TEAR KEEPS MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

RUMILLY-EN-CAMBRESIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 81
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