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Private A ASHFORD

Service Number: 3/8464
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

1st Garrison Bn

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1916

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EVERCREECH CEMETERY

329.

United Kingdom

Large neat well kept cemetery. Headstone clean, legible & generally in very good condition. Close to a large tree & has some strimmer damage to the edges.

Photographer: Philip Lamb

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Trifina Savory, of Sturminster Newton, Dorset; husband of Amy Ashford, of Evercreech. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

EVERCREECH CEMETERY
Somerset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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