Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Fred ASTLES
Private 73611 Fred ASTLES of 16th Lab. Coy. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died of Illness Saturday 24th March 1917, Military Hospital, Oswestry, age 19
| Home address: | 53 Travis Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1897 Over, Winsford, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Fanny Astles and John Astles of 53 Travis Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Planker at Hatworks |
| He enlisted in: | Denton, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Over (St Chad) Churchyard, Cheshire, South-east of church |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
Brother to Corporal 16909 Harry Astles.
An extract from A Cheshire Parish at War, St. Chads, Over, Winsford, 1914 - 1925, page 105, by Clayton Ann, 1998:
On March 29th [1917, Rev. William Herbert] Stables officiated at the St. Chad's funeral of Private Fred Astles who had died in a military hospital at Oswestry, aged only nineteen and without having served abroad at all. The Vicar warned his flock that “in consequence of labour difficulties, it is now necessary to give notice of any funeral immediately, otherwise we can in no way promise that the grave will be dug by the desired date.”
