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Lance Corporal VERNON ASQUITH

Service Number: 463218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Pioneers

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

II. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Daniel and Alice Asquith, of Manchester, England. Born at Irlams-o-th'-Height, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR BROTHER AND TAKE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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