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Private THOMAS ASHTON

Service Number: 4900
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/4th

Date of Death

Died 26 December 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

X. C. 40.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Nathaniel and Sarah Ann Ashton, of 750, Oldham Rd., Bardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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