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William Worsley Ashcroft

Major

Service No. Unknown

Age 39

Died on 11 April 1918

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Hainaut, Belgium

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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