Private William Ashpool

Army Number: 71098 (formerly 54104 North Staffordshire Regiment)

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

Born in Rhode, Northamptonshire. Son of Edward and Esther Ashpool, of “Lynwood,” High Street, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. He lived at 3 Great Northern Cottages, Pleasley, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a wool spinner at Pleasley Vale Mills prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He was killed in action, 20th September 1917, aged 21, during the attack on Bulgar Wood, Belgium.

Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A

Private William Ashpool is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Pleasley Vale War Memorial, Pleasley, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Yeoman Memorial Park, War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire