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Military service
Service number:
P/JX 208919
Age:
22
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Navy
Division:
H.M.S. Polyanthus
Death:
September 20, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 79, Column 2.
Additional information
Son of James Edwin and Susannah Ash, of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Able Seaman William Robert Ash
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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