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Major RICHARD ASHFORD

Service Number: 168721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 February 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 2.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Annie Ashford; husband of Phyllis Gertrude Ashford, of Ilfracombe, Devon.
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Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1551
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