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Alfred Lindon Askew

Private

Service No. 201249

Age 27

Died on 1 July 1916

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Mrs. Sarah Ann Askew, of Market St., Normanton, Derbyshire.

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Henry Harrison

Alfred, O valiant heart, who to your glory came ….. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Alfred Lindon Askew known as Linden, brother of Wilford Askew, uncle of Elsie, Sydney and Linden Gilbert. We hold your memory in the light.

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Remembering Linden Askew, we have photos if you are related to him or Wilford. Steve Gilbert, Aldridge

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Alfred, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalion...

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