Private Ernest William Ashton

Army Number : 118454

Battalion : 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Woodhouse, Yorkshire. Son of Mr. Harry and Mary Ann Ashton, of Barrack View, Upper Knowle, Unstone, Sheffield. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Derby 7th June 1918. He went to France 4th October 1918 and was posted to the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and then posted to the 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment on the 9th October 1918. He died of wounds 18th October 1918.

Buried Fresnoy-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Row A, Grave 25.

Private Ernest William Ashton is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Unstone War Memorial, Unstone, Yorkshire.