WW1 British 1896 Cavalry Sword Wilkinson 15th Hussars Lt Col RL Aspinall DSO KIA

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WW1 British 1896 Cavalry Sword Wilkinson 15th Hussars Lt Col RL Aspinall DSO KIA. Comes with research including confirmation from Wilkinson that this is his sword.
The obituary of Lt.-Col. Robert Lowndes Aspinall, D.S.O. published in The Times on Monday, July 10 1916 answers the questions above. Some relevant London Gazettes entries follow. The C.W.G.C. record states that he died on July 3 1916.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROBERT LOWNDES ASPINALL, D.S.O., Cheshire Regiment, who was killed on July 2, was the elder son of the late Robert Augustus Aspinall, J.P., D.L. Born in 1869, he passed into Sandhurst from Eton (Mr. Luxmoore's House), and was gazetted to the 15th (the King's) Hussars in 1888. He was promoted captain three years later, but left the regiment when it proceeded to India. He went out to South Africa with the Yorkshire Regiment, and subsequently was appointed to Sir John French's staff as A.D.C. He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the D.S.O. and the Queen's and King's medals, the former with five clasps. At the outbreak of the present war he was stationed in the North of England with the Yorkshire Regiment, and at the end of 1914 raised a new battalion of the "Green Howards." When this was made a reserve battalion he applied to be appointed to a battalion going overseas, and was given command of the Cheshire Regiment (sic), which he was gallantly leading into action when he was killed. Colonel Aspinall was a keen sportsman and was frequently seen in the saddle at the Grand Military and other regimental race meetings, winning the Cavalry Brigade Cup at Aldershot in 1897. Latterly he went in for driving, and his coach the "Active" was well known on the Dover and Folkestone road.
Gazetted 2nd Lt. 15th (The King's) Hussars - September 19 1888
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25857/pages/5217
Retired from 15th (The King's) Hussars - January 25 1899
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27045/pages/461
Appointed Captain in 3rd Bn. P.W.O. (Yorkshire Regiment) - January 25 1899
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27048/pages/722
Seconded for service with a Cavalry Division in South Africa - August 11 1900
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27219/pages/4949
Vacated command of 11th Bn. P.W.O. (Yorkshire Regiment) - August 2 1915
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29268/supplements/8262
Appointed to command 11th Bn. The Cheshire Regiment - August 7 1915
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29267/supplements/8241
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/202443/ASPINALL,%20ROBERT%20LOWNDES
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