BORN LEA, LINCOLN 1885. SECOND SON OF JOHN MARSHALL ASHTON & MARY FROM LEA, LINCS. ONE OF THREE SONS. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. LIVED IN HULL ACCORDING TO ARMY RECORDS. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 13/08/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/09/1914, AGED 29.
BURIED AT VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
First name:
WILFRED
Military Number:
7157
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
17/09/1914
Place died:
Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
29
