The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal F J Ashdown

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Lance Corporal Frederick James ASHDOWN, G/15514, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 9th July 1917.

Born New Romney, Kent, son of Charles Henry Ashdown.

1911 Census - Oaklands, Hythe, Kent - Arthur Randall Davis, head, age 55, married, medical practitioner, born Langport, Somerset; Edith Mary Davis, wife, age 62, married 30 years, 1 child who has died, born Newington, Kent; Annie Eliza Cutters?, servant (cook), age 42, single, born Lympne, Kent; Fanny Johnson, servant (housemaid), age 32, single, born Littlebourne, Kent; Frederick James Ashdown, servant (footman), age 23, single, born Romney, Kent.

Enlisted Tenterden, Kent, resided Brabourne Lees, Kent.

1913, December Quarter, East Ashford Registration District, married Maria Margaret Clark.

Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, II.I.2.Pas de Calais, France.

External link to Smeeth War Memorial

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