Hon. Raymond Asquith

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Hon. Raymond Asquith

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Birthplace: Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England UK
Death: September 15, 1916 (37)
Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Somme, France. (Killed in action)
Place of Burial: Plot I. Row B. Grave 3
Immediate Family:

Son of H. H. Asquith and Helen Kelsall Asquith
Husband of Katharine Frances Asquith
Father of Lady Helen Frances Asquith; Lady Perdita Rose Mary Jolliffe, Baroness Hylton and Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Brother of The Hon. Herbert Asquith; Brig.-General Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith, DSO**; Hon. Helen Violet Bonham Carter (Asquith) and Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone, PC
Half brother of Anthony Asquith and Elizabeth Charotte Lucy Asquith

Occupation: Barrister; Poet
Military Service: Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn.
Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Hon. Raymond Asquith

  • Rank: Lieutenant
  • Date of Death: 15/09/1916
  • Age: 37
  • Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn.
  • Grave Reference: I. B. 3.
  • Cemetery: Guillemont Cemetery, Guillemont
  • Additional Information: Son of the Rt. Hon.(and former M.P.) H. H. Asquith, P.C., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1908-1916 (now 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, K.G.), and Helen his wife; husband of Katharine Asquith, of 17, Oxford Square, London, W.2.

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https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/8989



Writings in The Fierce Light The Battle of the Somme, July-November 1916; Prose and Poetry selected and edited by Anne Powell - Pages 111 and 171 - Bio 293


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Hon. Raymond Asquith's Timeline

1878
November 6, 1878
Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England UK
1908
September 22, 1908
1910
1910
1916
April 22, 1916
Morley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
September 15, 1916
Age 37
Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Somme, France.
September 15, 1916
Age 37
Guillemont Road Cemetery, Picardie Region, France., Plot I. Row B. Grave 3
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Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire; Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire.
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Winchester Colleg; Balliol College; Fellow of All Souls College.