Private William Quinningborough Ash

Army Number: 268748

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Wilsford, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Son of Samuel and Jane Ash, of Wilsford, Grantham, Lincolnshire. He enlisted at Newark and was Killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 26, whilst holding the line near Sorrell Wood/Longeuval, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 52 to 54.

Private William Quinningborough Ash is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Wilsford, Lincolnshire.