Private 205219 Thomas Ashton
Regiment/Unit: King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 2767, S. Lancs. Reg.
Age at death: 35
Date of death: 14th of October 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ribecourt Railway Cemetery - C. 2.
BMD details:
Marriage: 14/06/1906 Thomas ASHTON to Elizabeth A BEARD at St Helens Parish Church.
Census details:
1891 - 8 years old schoolboy Thomas is living at 30 Arthur Street, St Helens with parents William (32), Annie (33) and four siblings: Catherine (12), David (6), Ester A (3), Elizabeth (1). 1901 - 18 years old 'Glass Gatherer' Thomas is living at 26 Arthur Street, St Helens with parents William (42), Mary (30) and five siblings: David (16), Elizabeth (12), Mary (5), William (4), Robert (2). 1911 - Sees 28 years old 'Glassmaker (Gatherer)' Thomas living at 10 Wilson Street, St Helens with wife Elizabeth Amelia (24) and two children: Elizabeth Evelene (3), James Alexander (1).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]
[pic]tpics/205219_Ashton.jpg[/pic][caption]Image Courtesy of Jeff Keenan from the Local Press[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/205219ThomasAshton.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Thomas Ashton at Ribecourt Railway Cemetery
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