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Able Seaman WILLIAM HENRY ASH

Service Number: CZ/2974
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Hood Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

I. E. 48.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Ross Ash, of 12, Grantly St., Shawlands, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1220
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