Memorial

A Aspden

Rifleman Albert Aspden

Source: Copyright St Paul's Church

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Current Location

St. Paul's CE Church, Burnley Road, Constable Lee, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 8HU, England

SD 81049 23795

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 42475
Description: Ornate marble wall plaque
Inscription: IN LOVING AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ RIFLEMAN. ALFRED ASPDEN/ 16th BATT. KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS (CHURCHMAN'S BATT.)./ AGED 25 YEARS./ THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF ARTHUR AND HANNAH ASPDEN./ WHO WAS KILLED IN THE ATTACK ON HIGH WOOD, FRANCE./ WHILST HELPING A WOUNDED COMRADE./ JULY 15 1916./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, age of death, relationships

Plaque

Height: 740 mm

Width: 600 mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Unknown