Service Number
13th/0310
Rank
Corporal
Firstname
William
Lastname
Aspinall
Awards
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Battalion
13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Attested 17 November 1914 at City Hall Hull – Medal Index Card entered Egypt 29 December 1915 with 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 8 March 1916 – 13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal September 1916 – East Yorkshire Regiment Posted wounded Snapper November/December before16 November 1916 – Distinguished Conduct Medal Citation For conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy’s trenches. Though wounded in two places the day before he insisted on taking part in the raid, and displayed great dash in the enemy’s trenches, inflicted loss on the occupants. – London Gazette 20 October 1916 – Father recieved Distinquished Conduct Medal write up Liverpool Echo 05 July 1917 – Effects to father David – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire – Commemorated on Southport War Memorial

Age
32
Birthplace
Bolton
Enlisted
Hull
Residence
Southport
How Died
Killed in Action
Next of Kin
35 Poplar Street Southport
Date Died
13-Nov-16