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Sergeant EDWIN ASHTON

Service Number: 1892578
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

166 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VITRY-LE-CROISE CHURCHYARD

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Gertrude Emma Ashton, of Rainham, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HE SEEMED LIKE A SPIRIT OF YOUTH WHO COULD NOT STAY WITH US TO GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

VITRY-LE-CROISE CHURCHYARD
Aube France
Number of casualties: 2
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