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Private JOSEPH ASCROFT

Service Number: 2471
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 January 1920

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial. M. C.E. 50.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ellen Ascroft; husband of Agnes Baldwin (formerly Ascroft), of 26, Peet St., Poolstock, Wigan. Born at Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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