Sapper 440648 Edmund Ashcroft
Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 226th Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: (T)3634, R.E.
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 8th of January 1919
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery - I. B. 7.
Family details:
Son of Thomas and Mary S. Ashcroft, of 66, Chapel St., St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Edmund is living at 124 Speakman Road, St Helens with parents Thomas (37) Mary S (32) and two siblings: Basil (7), Wilfrid (2). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'Apprentice Joiner' Edmund living at 66 Chapel Street, St Helens with widowed mother Mary Seretta (42) and three siblings: Basil (17), Wilfrid (12), Mary (9).
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/440648_Edmund_Ashcroft.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication to Sapper Edmund Ashcroft at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_ext/LoweHouseMem1.jpg[/pic][caption]Edmund is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url]
