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Post by spenny on Nov 12, 2014 13:17:22 GMT
Hello my name is Brenda I live in Lancashire i am tracing some of my family who lived in Pendlebury found 2 brother's who where killed in WW1 John W Ashton & Isaac Ashton Isaac was awarded the DCM they are my 1st cousin's twice removed I would like to find a memorial their names are on
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Nov 12, 2014 13:27:03 GMT
Hi Brenda,
Both John William Ashton (Private 2856, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, K.i.A. 25/09/1915 aged 39) and Isaac Ashton (Corporal 13672, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, K.i.A. 29/05/1918) are commemorated on the War Cross of St. Augustine of Canterbury church, Pendlebury. They are also both commemorated on the on the Agecroft Miners Memorial, which commemorates the sacrifice of employees of the Messrs. Knowles and Sons Colliery Company. Both memorials are in the Memorials Board of the Forum. These are the only two memorials locally we have them confirmed on at the present time, but research is very much ongoing.
Hope this is of help,
Jim
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Post by spenny on Nov 12, 2014 14:07:52 GMT
Hi jim thank you for this information I will now plan a visit would love to see the memorial Brenda
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Nov 12, 2014 17:29:08 GMT
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Nov 12, 2014 17:36:35 GMT
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Post by spenny on Nov 12, 2014 18:27:53 GMT
Thank you jim for all this info its very interesting for all the years ive been tracing my tree ive only just found out about these brothers
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Post by Hawker Hurricane on Nov 12, 2014 19:18:10 GMT
Glad to help. In addition, the database I have been compiling for SWARM, and which has been expanded to include Bolton, has both brothers recorded also. When complete, I hope to provide copies of the database to the various libraries in Salford and Bolton for future remembrance of the service and sacrifice of the people of both areas. This remains a work in progress, but in time will pull together information from service and pension records (where they have survived), medal cards, local memorials, church magazines, local newspapers, etc. into a single source for people to locate their relatives and determine where they are remembered. It is a huge project, much more so than I realised when I embarked on it, but finding it very worthwhile, and the work has already been validated many times over by being able to look at the development version and locate details of men where descendants know little or nothing of their service. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of further help.
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