Private 2281 Arthur Ashcroft
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 1st/9th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 17
Date of death: 18th of September 1916
Born: Ormskirk, Lancs
Resided: Ormskirk, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.
BMD details:
Birth registered 1st Qtr 1899 at Ormskirk, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 855.
Family details:
Step-brother of Joseph Rimmer, of 240, Jubilee Cottages, Clock Face, St. Helens, Lancs. Address at enlistment: 2 Clegg Street, Skelmersdale, Lancs.
Census details:
1901 - 2 years old Arthur is living at 1 Court, 7th House, Wigan Road, Ormskirk with parents Henry (29), Isabella (36) and four step-siblings: Peter Rimmer (14), Elizabeth Rimmer (12), Joseph Rimmer (10), Dorothy Rimmer (8). 1911 - Not found. mother Isabella is widowed and an inmate at Ormskirk Union Workhouse, Wigan Road, Ormskirk. The children are not with her.
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/AAshcroft_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Arthur Ashcroft on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
