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WILFRED ASHTON
LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Lincolnshire DN21
England
BORN LEA, LINCOLN 1885. SECOND SON OF JOHN MARSHALL ASHTON & MARY ASHTON, FROM LEA, LINCS & WEST ELLA, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. LIVED IN HULL ACCORDING TO ARMY RECORDS. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 2ND KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 13/08/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/09/1914, AGED 29.
BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
Vendresse-Beaulne 2160
Hauts-de-France
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