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Warrant Officer Class Ii GEORGE WILSON ASHDOWN

Service Number: 5883315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

19. C. 15.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George John and Lily Wilson Ashdown, of Chiswick, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription THIS BOY OF OURS WHO DIED TO KEEP US FREE LEFT A HAPPY MEMORY "TILL WE MEET AGAIN"
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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