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Jeffrey Ashwell

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 34 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 34 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jeffrey AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashwell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • William John Brown AWMM
    • Jeffery Ashwell AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 18960 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1883 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1883 Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 5 September 2018 - FreeBMD
  • Place of birth
    Bishops Stortford spans the boundaries of the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 5 September 2018 - FreeBMD
  • Birth notes
    Births Dec 1883 ASHWELL Jeffery Bps. Stortford 3a404 Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 5 September 2018 - FreeBMD
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jeffery Ashwell (father), Bishop's Stortford, Herts, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 29 July 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 18960 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Jeffery Ashwell, of 4, Half Acres, Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Native of Bishop's Stortford, England.

      Served as William John Brown. AWMM
    • Son of Jeffery Ashwell, of 4, Half Acres, Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
      Buried in Barastre Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave 6.
      His younger brother, Second Lieutenant Alfred Ashwell also fell. He was serving with 1st Battalion, attached 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps and was killed in action 4th April 1917. Buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 14.
      They were sons of Jeffery Ashwell, of 4, Half Acres, Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
      The brothers are remembered on the Bishop''s Stortford War Memorial.
      The memorial is dedicated to the men who fell in both World War 1 and World War 2 and is in the form of a square obelisk and is located in the Town Park, Bishops Stortford, just off the A1250 where it crosses the River Stort. There are 208 names for World War 1 and 106 for World War 2. A lot of this information has come from the local newspaper, Herts and Essex Observer in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section and the names have then been tied with the Commonwealth War Graves Commisison, Soldiers Died in the Great War CD and Army Roll of Honour - World War II CD entries. Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 5 September 2018 - Roll of Honour Web Site.
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Death

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  • Death
    13 September 1918 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Barastre Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM 6 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

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05 September 2018GeoffreyTilbury, EnglandResearcher

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