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Robert Ashcroft

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Ashcroft
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 29
Address 5 Derby Street Whelley; 24 Cedar Drive, Bottling Wood (Wife)
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Lance-Sergeant
Occupation or place of work Douglas Bank Colliery
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
Day of Death 21
Month of Death March
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Pozieres Memorial
Regiment Number 200669
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Sarah & late Richard. Husband of Edith

Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 28/9/18