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Second Lieutenant EDWARD DEAKIN ASHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

9th Bn. attd. 19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 38.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of H. D. and Louisa Ashton, of "Ellerslie," Darwen. Educated at Sedbergh School and Balliol College, Oxford.
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Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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