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Major WILLIAM GILMOUR ASHCROFT

Service Number: 93607
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

VI. D. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Janet Reid Ashcroft; husband of Margaret Spalding Ashcroft, of Elchies, Morayshire. B.Sc. (Glasgow).
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID ON DUTY'S ALTAR THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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