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300557 Pte. Thomas Aiston British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:Darlington (d.23rd April 1918) CWGC list Thomas Aiston's regimental number as 18/8 (Medal Roll records 18/5), aged 24, he is buried in Plot I. Row C. Grave 14. at Morbecque British Cemetery. The son of Francis and Elizabeth Aiston, of Darlington, his headstone bears the inscription: "Ever dear to our memory". The inscription fee was was paid for By Miss Eveline Aiston of 73, Stanhope Road, Darlington. Thomas is recorded as "Pte Aiston, Lord Durham's County Battalion DLI" in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s. He was one of ten soldiers remembered on a white marble plaque which was situated in St Luke's Church, Darlington. The plaque is now missing but the names on it have been recorded by the North East war Memorial Project via a newspaper article in the Darlington Stockton Times of the 14th of February 1920. Thomas is also included amongst 700 names recorded on the wall plaques which line the entrance to Darlington War Memorial Hospital in Hollyhurst Road, Darlington. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**