Private 31960 James Stanley Ashcroft
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 21
Date of death: 25th of July 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery - XXV. K. 2A.
Family details:
Son of George and Mary Ashcroft, of 28, Brynn St., St. Helens, Lancs. Native of St. Helens. Mother Mary is sole legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old James S is living at 127 Chapel Street, St Helens with parents George (31) and Mary (27). 1911 - Sees 14 years old schoolboy James S living at 28 Brynn Street, St Helens with parents George (40) and Mary (36). 1914 - James S was a clerk at St Helens Station for London North Western Railways.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]
[pic]imgs/sppics/James_Stanley_Ashcroft.jpg[/pic][caption]A window at St Marks Church dedicated to Private James Stanley Ashcroft
Photo by Ste M.[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/JS_Ashcroft_SLR-3.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private James Stanley Ashcroft at Etaples Military Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]
