tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474109923977587465.post8911197457993083262..comments2024-02-19T13:16:46.659-05:00Comments on Soldiers of the 38th: Private Kenneth Milan AstleKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15005399692061772537noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474109923977587465.post-56181702045742190692014-10-31T09:31:18.767-04:002014-10-31T09:31:18.767-04:00Ken Astle was selected to attend the Hastings Stre...Ken Astle was selected to attend the Hastings Street Higher Standard School for Boys in Derby when it opened on the 17th of January 1910 - his twelfth birthday.<br />He is commemorated on the school's own WW1 memorial tablet as well as the marble obelisk that forms the War Memorial at St. Paul's Church on Chester Green in Derby.<br />His cousin Cedric was also an old boy of the school and later taught there for many years. He always led the school's Remembrance Day Assembly as a mark of respect for Ken - and the other fallen 'Old Centaurs'. Nick Clark - Old Centaurs Associationnoreply@blogger.com