Asker Edgar Hubbard

Story:
Asker Edgar Hubbard was born in 1896 in Houghton, Docking, Norfolk. He was the son of Thomas Henry Hubbard, a gamekeeper, and Georgina Hubbard (née Coaston). His siblings included Sidney Samuel, born in 1891, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census Asker was single, working as a gamekeeper and living at Iwerne Minster, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted in Weymouth, Dorset, as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Service Nos. 2563 & 860454) and was in 1086 Battery, 215th Brigade. He served in Mesopotamia and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He died of pneumonia on 20th July 1918 at Station Hospital, Landour, India and was buried at Landour General Cemetery, Bengal in India (grave id. Plot 8. Grave 6). He is remembered on the Iwerne Minster War Memorial, Shaftesbury and on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His father was in receipt of a dependent's pension covering Asker and his brother, Sidney, until his death in 1936 when the benefit was transferred to the mother.

Printed Source:
Iwerne Minster Before, During, and After the Great War. Edited by P. Anderson Graham.