26286 Private Willie Aspden of the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire, Regiment:

 

He died of wounds on the 21 October 1916, aged 23 years, and he is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France.

 

Willie Aspden was born at Stalybridge, Cheshire, in 1893 to John Aspden and Sarah Jane Mills who were married at Hyndburn, Lancashire, on the 28 August 1886. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Ash Grove, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, employed as a felt worker.

 

His brother 18929 Private Percy Aspden of the Second Battalion, Coldstream Guards, fell on the 1 August 1917, aged 21 years.

Peter Whitehead