LUDFORD-ASTLEY Alexander Gifford

  • First Name(s):
    Alexander 
    Gifford 
  • Surname:
    LUDFORD-ASTLEY
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    14th (King's) Hussars
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th March 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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LUDFORD-ASTLEY Alexander Gifford Is Named On These Memorials

Bredon St Giles Church WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: 14th King’s Hussars. Capt.

Further Information About LUDFORD-ASTLEY Alexander Gifford

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

The birth of Alexander Gifford Astley is registered in the June Quarter 1882 under the Market Bosworth Registration District.

1891 Census
Cadeby, Bosworth, Leicestershire
Benjamin Ludford Astley, head, age 71, Rector of Cadeby J.P. for County, born Manningford, Pewsey, Wiltshire
Maria Catherine Astley. wife, age 45
John Beaumont Astley, son, age 21, Lieutenant, Warwickshire Militia, born Merivale Warwickshire
Alexander Gifford Astley, son, age 9, born Cadeby, Leicestershire
Edith Shipley, governess, age 21
Thomas Armson, servant, age 17, footman domestic servant
Rose Cheswell, servant, age 23, housemaid domestic servant
Jane Pegg, servant, age 17, kitchen maid domestic servant
John Ball, servant, age 20, stable helper, domestic servant

1911 Census
Overseas Military
Alexander Gifford Ludford-Astley, Captain, age 29, unmarried, Cavalry, born Cadeby, Leicestershire

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