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Military service
Service number:
B/88888
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Birth:
September 8, 1916
East York, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 5, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
February 28, 1945
Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. G. 11.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Nellie Ashby of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Gladys Anna Ashby and father of Joseph and Margaret Ashby of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Charles, George, Florence, Elsie, Margaret and Gladys.
Digital gallery of Private William Harry Ashby
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
Digital gallery of
Private William Harry Ashby
Digital gallery of
Private William Harry Ashby
Digital gallery of
Private William Harry Ashby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 492 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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