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Able Seaman HARRY NELSON ASHFORD

Service Number: C/J43643
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Warspite.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1942

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROOKWOOD NECROPOLIS, SYDNEY

C. of E. Naval Sec. Grave 834.

Australia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry William and Amy Prudence Ashford; husband of Mary Maude Ashford, of Rainham, Kent, England.
  • Personal Inscription NOT HERE BUT IN MY HEART DEAR, ALWAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

ROOKWOOD NECROPOLIS, SYDNEY
New South Wales Australia
Number of casualties: 706
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