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Driver WILLIAM ASHTON

Service Number: 781848
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 311th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

E. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Ashton, of 116, Ashton Rd. West, Failsworth, Manchester. Enlisted 7th Sept.1914,.
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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