Major WILLIAM WORSLEY ASHCROFT
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
25th Coy.
Date of Death
Died 11 April 1918
Age 39 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of William and Edith Blanche Ashcroft, of 13, The Waldrons, Croydon; husband of Violet Maude Ashcroft, of The Fairway, 3, Anthony's Rd., Bournemouth. Gazetted to the Royal Irish Rifles in June, 1915, and proceeded to France in October, 1915. (Father of the actress, Dame Peggy Ashcroft).
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