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Private WILLIAM ASHFORD

Service Number: 12696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

IV. B. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Amelia Ashford. Native of Stalbridge, Weston, Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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