Major William Worsley Ashcroft (1878-1918)

Major William Worsley Ashcroft Veteran

Birth

Sep 1878

Bromley Common, London Borough of Bromley, Greater London, England

Death

11 Apr 1918 (aged 39)

Monument

Ploegsteert Memorial

Ploegsteert, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium Add to Map

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Panel 11.

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Age: 39
Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 25th Coy.
Honors: Mentioned in Despatches

Son of William and Edith Blanche Ashcroft, of 13, The Waldrons, Croydon; husband of Violet Maude Ashcroft, of The Fairway, 3, Anthony's Rd., Bournemouth. Gazetted to the Royal Irish Rifles in June, 1915, and proceeded to France in October, 1915. (Father of the actress, Dame Peggy Ashcroft).

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