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Private R A Ashman


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Private Robert Alfred ASHMAN, L/10927, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders, France,  13th July 1916, age 17.

Born 6th January 1896?, Wood Green, Middlesex, son of Robert William and Mary Martha Ashman, of 107, Poynton Road, Coleraine Park, Tottenham, London. One brother.


1911 Census - 4 Newlyn Road, Tottenham - Robert Ashman, head, age 39, married, general labourer, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; Mary Ashman, wife, age 39, married 13 years, 2 children both still alive, born Great Leighs, Essex; Robert Ashman, son, age 12, school, born Wood Green, Middlesex; Cecil Ashman, son, age 6, school, born Tottenham, Middlesex.


 Enlisted Tottenham, Middlesex, age 19, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 112lbs, scar left knee. Formerly turner.

Home 6th July 1915 to 13th December 1915; BEF, 14th December 1915 to 2nd March 1916; Home, 3rd March 1916 to 15th June 1916; BEF, 16th June 1916 to 13th July 1916.

6th July 1915, enlisted; 13th July 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th July 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd March 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd March to 5th May 1916, admitted to Regents Park Hospital,  with bronchitis. "Chest has been clear for some time past, but he complained of pain over right side of chest caused by a gas cylinder falling on him in France, about Xmas 1915 - his pain is much better and he has ceased to complain of it"; 20th May 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

13th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father - Robert W Ashman, 107, Poynton Road, Tottenham, N17; Mother - Mary M Ashman, 107, Poynton Road, Tottenham, N17; Brother - Cecil J Ashman, age 14, 107, Poynton Road, Tottenham, N17;

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11C., Somme, France.


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