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Private J H ASHTON

Service Number: 23513
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1916

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

VII. I. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Martha Ashton, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield; husband of Eliza Ashton, of 60, Birley St., Neepsend, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER WITH THE LORD FROM HIS LOVING WIFE AND 6 CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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