Private 3528 John Ashcroft
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 29/03/15
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 13th of May 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Duhallow ADS Cemetery - VI. B. 2.
Family details:
Son of Mary J. Briers (formerly Ashcroft), of 2, Jockeys Brow, St. Helens, Lancs, and the late William Ashcroft. Mother Mary Jane Briers is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 8 years old John is living at 2 Jockeys Brow, Sutton Heath, St Helens with widowed mother Mary Jane (50) and four siblings: William (21), Ralph (19), Thomas (17), Joseph (4). 1911 - Shows 18 years old 'Apprentice Glass Flattener' John living at 2 Jockeys Brow, Sutton Heath, St Helens with stepfather William Briers (63), remarried mother Mary Briers (60) and his two brothers Thomas Ashcroft (23), and Joseph Ashcroft (14).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/3528AshcroftJ2.jpg[/pic][caption]A Dedication to Private John Ashcroft at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]tpics/J_Ashcroft_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private John Ashcroft at Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of pupils at Sir John Nelthorpe School, Brigg, North Lincolnshire)[/caption]
