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Private LESLIE VICTOR ASHTON

Service Number: 4343357
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUTEM CHURCHYARD

Grave 209.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emma Ashton, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR SON LESLIE VICTOR "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUTEM CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 16
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