The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W T Ashby

Photograph by Margot Scheldeman

Private William Thomas ASHBY, G/5238, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Flanders, France, 6th May 1917, age 25.

Born Cowden, Kent, son of Mrs. A. E. Ashby, of North Street, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - North Street, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent - Annie Ashby, age 41, widow, married 9 years, 5 children, 3 still alive, born Chiddingdstone, Kent; William Ashby, son, age 20, single, farm labourer / horseman on farm, born Cowden, Kent; Olive Ashby, daughter, age 19, single, assisting at home, born, Cowden, Kent; Annie Ashby, daughter, age 15, single, born Cowden, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, resided Edenbridge, Kent.

Buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XVI.F.15., Pas de Calais, France.

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