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Pioneer W ASHTON

Service Number: 123571
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1918

Age 52 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE

I. C. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (295036) 709th Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Ashton, of Pilton; husband of Elizabeth Ann Ashton, of Westgate, Muddiford, Barnstaple.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE DEAREST ONE OF THE BEST GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 486
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