Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Viola Ashe, of Springhill, Nova Scotia.
He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by Germans u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Digital gallery of Gunner Raymond John Ashe
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Memorial
Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Cassino Memorial - located within the Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Gunner Raymond John Ashe
Digital gallery of
Gunner Raymond John Ashe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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