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2nd Lt. · 6 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Basil Lang Marling Apperly

† 19/04/1917 · aged 24 · Etaples Military Cemetery, XVII.A.6; personal inscription: ASHES TO ASHES! DUST TO DUST! ONE MIGHTY HOPE! ONE CERTAIN TRUST!

Personal data

NameApperly
InitialsB.L.M.
Christian nameBasil Lang Marling
Date and place of birthTonge, Kent
FamilySon of the Rev. Josiah Marling Apperly, M.A., and Jessie Annie Apperly, of Tonge, Kent.

Military data

Rank2nd Lt.
Regiment / Unit6 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Date of death
Age24
Cemetery / MemorialEtaples Military Cemetery, XVII.A.6; personal inscription: ASHES TO ASHES! DUST TO DUST! ONE MIGHTY HOPE! ONE CERTAIN TRUST!

Other information

Information
'The Felixstowe Lamp' - Felixstowe Branch. Endowed on 19.09.1928. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of I. E. Gilchrist, 1st Cameronians; A.F. Paterson, Middlesex Regt.; B.M. Apperly, Royal West Kents; C.R.B. Smith, Bedfordshire Regt.; James C. Paterson, Royal Sussex Regt.; W.J. Staines, 1st Artists Rifles; and of the Elder Brethren of Felixstowe" (Donated by four Branch members). Brass plaques at Toc H archive Birmingham

Sources

Source
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936