Private Edward Hosmer Asling

Army Number: 306008
Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of John North and Mary Asling, of Newark. Enlisted at Newark. Killed in action, 9th May 1918, aged 30, near Le Quesnoy, France.
Buried Robecq Communal Cemetery, France. Grave 23.

Private Edward Hosmer Asling is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.