BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS JAMES ASHTON & MARTHA (DRY), OF 9 ANN’S PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL.
ENLISTED HULL. HE HAD SERVED YEARS IN THE ARMY INCLUDING FIVE YEARS IN INDIA. HE WAS KILLED AT ST JULLIEN BATTLE, ON 23RD APRIL 1915, AGED 24. HIS DEATH AND ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 20TH JULY & 21ST JULY 1915.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, EDWARD FRANCIS ASHTON, 1ST EYR WAS KILLED ON 01/07/1916 ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SOMME BATTLE.
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
8861
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
21/07/1915
Place died:
St. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
24
60 , KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
