Sunday, 2 April 2017

Company Serjeant Major Frank Ashton - Family Headstone

Inscription:
In / Loving / Memory Of / Beatrice M. Ashton / The dearly beloved daughter /
Of / John & Lucy Ashton / Who died Dec 14th 1920 / Aged 27 years /
Also of / C.S.M. FRANK ASHTON K.R.R. / The beloved son of the above /
Who died of wounds in France / May 29th 1917, aged 21 years /
They have passed through the gates to eternal life.

Headstone location:
Con 11, 1568, Wombwell Cemetery, South Yorkshire.
Frank Ashton is not interred within this grave. He is instead buried in
Plot I. D. 11 at Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc,  Pas de Calais, France

Other memorials that commemorate Frank Ashton include:
Church Lads Brigade Memorial Tablet, Inside St. Mary's Church, Wombwell
St. Mary's Church War Memorial, Park Street, Wombwell

Service Details:
C/476, Company Sergeant Major Frank Ashton, 16th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps..
Son of John and Lucy Ashton of 27 Marsh St. Wombwell.

Grave Links:
FindaGrave.com - Headstone (u.k)
FindaGrave.com - Grave (France)

Other Links:
CWGC.org - Casualty Details
LFWW - Life story


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