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Second Lieutenant JOHN RICHARD WILMOT ASHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Newsham Ashton and Elizabeth Ellen Ashton, of Cedar Cottage, St. Anne's Rd., South Shore, Blackpool. Born at Cheltenham.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 327
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