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Surname: ASKEW
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Shap, Westmorland
Service No: 2006
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1915-07-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. A. 18A.
CWGC Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: INGLETON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Askew was the son of George and Margaret Askew, née Nicholson. George was born at Sedbergh, Yorkshire and Margaret at Shap, Westmorland.
1891 Shap, Westmorland Census: Ernest Askew, aged 2 months, born Shap, son of George and Margaret Askew.
1901 Ingleton, Yorkshire Census: 1, Thacking - Ernest Askew, aged 10 years, born Shap, Westmorland, son of George and Margaret Askew.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 37, Westmorland Street - Ernest Askew, aged 20 years, born Ingleton, Yorkshire. [Ernest was boarding with Sarah Ann Wappett, widow.]
The British Army Service Record for Ernest Askew exists but may be incomplete.
Ernest is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte E. Askew.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest Askew, 2006, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) [France]. Date of entry therein: 14.4.15. D. of W. 23.7.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ernest Askew, 6/2006, 1/6 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 23.7.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ernest Askew, 2006, 1/6th Bn W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 23.7.15. No. 10 Cas. Cl. Stn., Abeele. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister and Sole Legatee - Ethel. £8 16s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Ernest not found.
Ernest is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
A short biography of Ernest is included in: ‘The Ingleton War Memorial, 1914-18, 1939-45’ by Andrew Brooks (2005).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ASKEW, Ernest, 6th D. of W., 40, Westmorland Street, Skipton, formerly employed at Skipton engine shed (M.R.), killed July 20, 1915.
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Private Ernest ASKEW

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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