Second Lieutenant George Ashworth

Army Number: n/a

Battalion: 19th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Netherfield, Nottingham. Son of William Hilton and Clara Ashworth, of 50 Manor Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. Lived at the Mill House, Victoria Road, Netherfield. He was a printer. Killed in action, 2nd October 1916, aged 23, whilst attached to the 8th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Second Lieutenant George Ashworth is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
All Saints Church War Memorial, Collingham, Nottinghamshire.
All Saints Church Parishioners Roll of Honour, Collingham, Nottinghamshire.
Mundella School War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham.

His brother 2nd Lt. Leonard Ashworth, 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, also fell in the Great War.