BORN SCARBOROUGH 1881. SON OF LUCY HEALD (1861-1941) & ROBERT ASH (1857-1938), IN HULL. SON OF A GARDNER. BROTHER TO ROBERT AND EDWIN, LUCY, MARY AND BESSIE. HE MARRIED EDITH RACHEL HURD (1877-1922) IN 1902. HIS WIFE EDITH LIVED AT 31 HARCOURT AVENUE, SEAMAN ROAD, SCARBOROUGH, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, BETTY OLIVE ASH (BORN 18/09/1903). THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS IN HULL. EMPLOYED AS A POSTMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/08/1915, AGED 34 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST, SLIGHTLY FLAT FOOTED. SERVED AS A SAPPER, 872 IN THE EAST RIDING ENGINEERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 22/02/1916. DIED OF HEAD WOUNDS, ON 26/03/1916, AT NO:7 FIELD AMBULANCE STATION. AGED 35. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND DAUGHTER.
HE IS BURIED AT BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE, INSCRIPTION, READS, “TILL WE MEET FROM EDIE & BETTY”
