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Lieutenant ALEXANDER LESLIE ASHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Lillian Mary Ashton, of Alexandria, Egypt.
  • Personal Inscription AND FROM THE GROUND THERE BLOSSOMS RED LIFE THAT SHALL ENDLESS BE
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Buried or commemorated at

HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 138
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