WW1 Casualty: Private 10069 Samuel Ashton - Private 10069 Samuel Ashton
| Unit/Regiment |
1st Bn., Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
| Date of Death |
06/04/1916 |
Age at Death |
17 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Basra Memorial
Panel 26 & 63 |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Birth Registered Q4/1898, Prescot, 8b, 798 |
| SDGW – Where Born |
Prescot, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Oxford |
| Resided |
Liverpool |
| How Died |
Killed In Action |
Theatre of War |
Mesopotamia |
| Notes |
Research ongoing. |
| Research Ref. No. |
P007 |
Service Details
Samuel Ashton’s Medal Index Card shows that he first entered the French Theatre of War on 20th May 1915, which entitled him to the 1914-1915 Star in addition to the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.
Private Ashton’s inscription on the Basra Memorial (above) with a close up (below)
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