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Name:

George Edmund AISTON

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Lance Corporal

Initials:

G E

Service No.:

2069977

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Age at Death:

Unit:

505 Field Company, Royal Engineers.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Place of Residence:

Crookhill, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

Previous Address:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Sunday 4th April 1943

Place of Death:

Libya

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon Cemetery, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya.

Decoration and Medals:

1939-45 Star. War Medal.

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Newcastle Evening Chronicle, In Memoriam; 4th April 1944.

Family Details:

Son of Mr and Mrs Aiston, of Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. Husband of Mrs Aiston, of 57 Tyne Gardens, Crookhill, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Brother: William.

Notes :

George had previously seen action in France and was one of the many thousands of men who escaped from the shores of Dunkirk in 1940. George's brother, William, was a prisoner of war.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Army Roll of Honour 1939-45. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 20th April, 1943.

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