Private George Asher

Army Number: 28385

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at Doddington, Lincolnshire. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Asher. Husband of Ethel Asher of 18, Redcliffe Road, Mansfield. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He was killed in action, 1st July 1916, whilst serving in the line near Givenchy, France.

Buried Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L`Avoue, France. Plot 3, Row H. Grave 20.

His brother Private Frank Asher of the 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment also fell in the Great War.