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HERBERT JACKSON ASHTON
Kingston upon Hull HU3 3ET
England
BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1897. ONLY SON AND STEP SON OF ROBERT LEGGETT (1879-1946) & SUSANNAH ELIZABETH CROME (1877-1952), AT 4, MINNIES TERRACE, ROSAMOND STREET AND 53, REDBOURNE STREET (CWGC & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ERRAND BOY.
HE ENLISTED IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, IN YORK. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. DIED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSANNAH LEGGETT.
HE LEFT THREE SISTERS, ALICE, ETHEL AND LOUISE.
Soissons 2200
Hauts-de-France
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