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John Ashcroft

Details

Forename John
Surname Ashcroft
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 21
Address
Parents' Address 5 Johnson Street, Lamberhead Green
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Pemberton Colliery
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
Day of Death 13
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Wounded 7/8/1915 died whilst being conveyed to hospital buried at sea
Place of Burial Helles Memorial
Regiment Number 3181
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information Brother James Ashcroft died 18/9/1917.
Died on HMS Formosa. Son of Elizabeth
Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 14/8/17
St Johns Roll of Honour, Parish Magazine, Dec 1918