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Second Lieutenant ELLIS RALPH ASHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

5th Mahratta Light Infantry

5th Royal Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

23. B. 13.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Immanuel Aaron and Sarah Stella Ashton, of Byculla, Bombay, India.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE SO DEEPLY IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE BUT LIVE ETERNALLY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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