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Private JOHN ASHTON

Service Number: 18955
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SPOILBANK CEMETERY

I. M. 17.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ann Ashton; husband of Ellen Ashton, of 1, Lands Court, Westgate, Ripon.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE FROM HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

SPOILBANK CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 520
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