Fusilier 3457618 William Ashall

BMD details:
Marriage: 13/05/1940 William Ashall to Doris Whittaker at All Saints CofE Church, Rainford.

Family details:
Son of William Thomas Ashall and Alice Ashall; husband of Doris Ashall, of Rainford, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register. 25 years old William Ashall born 17/03/1913 a Retail Coal Merchant, father William T Ashall born 04/08/1890 a Carter (Own Account) and mother Alice Ashall born 28/02/1895 an Unpaid Domestic are living at 88 Main Street, Billinge.

Notes:
[url=http://www.sthelensrollsofhonour.co.uk/lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's CofE Church Memorial[/url]

Bill was the only child of William Thomas and Alice Ashall (nee Kelly) who lived in Main Street, Billinge from where they ran a coal business, which Bill joined. In the 1930s this was a horse and cart operation, but eventually they bought a new motor lorry, but in 1939 the Army came along and requisitioned it and they then had to buy a second hand lorry. Bill married Doris Whittaker of Rainford on the 13th of May 1940 at All Saints C.E. Church, Rainford, but before the year was out he was called up and joined the Lancashire Fusiliers. On Saturday the 9th of January 1943 he was reported missing in action in Burma. His body was never recovered, he was 29 years old. His name is recorded on the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar, face 8, and on St. Aidan's C.E. Church Memorial. Sources:- Mr. Frank Rimmer, Rainford; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; St. Aidan's Parish Magazine, March 1943. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url]