Edmund Richard Astell

ASTELL, EDMUND

Rank: Able Seaman
Service No: R/1920
Date of Death: 31/12/1917
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Bn. R.N. Div.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 1 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920

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• First name(s) Edmund
• Last name Astell
• Birth year 1890
• Birth day 25
• Birth month Jul
• Address Radway, Nr Kineton, Warwickshire
• Service number R/1920
• Service Royal Naval Division
• National Archives Reference ADM339

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Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919

• Name: Edmund Astell
• Rank: AB
• Birth Date: 25 Jul 1890
• Birth Place: Radway, Near Kineton, Warwickshire
• Branch of Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
• Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
• Official Number Port Division: R/1920.
• Death Date: 31 Dec 1917
• Ship or Unit: Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division
• Location of Grave: Not recorded
• Name and Address of Cemetery: No Information Received As To Location of Grave
• Relatives Notified and Address: Mother: Elizabeth Radway, Nr Kineton, Warwickshire

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Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924

• Name: Edmund Astell
• Service Branch: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
• Unit: Drake Bn.
• Rank: Able Seaman
• Death Date: 31 Dec 1917
• Cause of Death: Missing, assumed killed in action
• Burial: Thiepval Memorial (MR 21)
• Service History: Army Reserve 2/3/16 ; Entered 18/6/17 ; Draft for BEF 13/10/17, joined Drake Bn. 13/11/17-31/12/17 DD.
• Service Number: R/1920
• Notes: First Reported Missing 30/12/17, later amended to 31/12/17 ; b.25/7/1890 ; Mother, Elizabeth, Radway, Nr. Kineton, Warwickshire.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 17 2017, 8:38:27 UTC