BORN HULL 15/11/1898. SON OF HENRY ASHBY & JESSIE MILLNER, OF 7, VAULTON TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WORKED AT THE JOINT STOCK BANK, LOWGATE, HULL AS A CARETAKER AND MESSENGER. EDUCATED AT WARNE STREET COUNCIL SCHOOL & HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT 16 UNDER AGE. RE-ENLISTED IN THE NORFOLK REGIMENT, ON 06/03/1917. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, IN OCTOBER 1917. SENT TO ITALY IN NOVEMBER 1917. RETURNED TO FRANCE IN APRIL 1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/04/1918, AGED 19. HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, WROTE, ” I FOUND YOUR SON A VERY GOOD SOLDIER INDEED, AT ALL TIMES; THE REMAINDER OF THE PLATOON JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING OUR DEEP REGRET AT SO CHEERFUL A MAN BEING TAKEN FROM US.”
UNMARRIED. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HYMERS COLLEGE WAR MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/05/1918.
