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Captain CYRIL JAMES ASHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

"C" Coy. 6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VII. A. 42.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Frances Jane Ashton, of "Norton," Church Avenue, Sidcup, Kent. Joined Queen's Westminsters, 31st Aug., 1914. Gazetted 2nd Lt. 4th Dec., 1914. Twice previously wounded at Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1915, and Somme,1916.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST'S FAITHFUL SOLDIER AND SERVANT UNTO HIS LIFE'S END
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