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Fusilier ERNEST EDWARD ASHTON

Service Number: 7044376
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 November 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY

VIII. C. 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Edith Ashton; husband of Mary Ashton, of Blackpool, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription MY THOUGHTS GO BACK TO BYGONE DAYS; LIFE GOES ON BUT MEMORIES STAY
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Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2619
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