Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Wright ASHTON
Private 24057 Wright ASHTON of 10th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Killed in Action Tuesday 11th January 1916, France , age 20
Home address: | 55 Muslin Street*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
Born: | 1896, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
Parents: | Lavinia Poole Ashton and Alexander Ashton of 8 Harbour, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
Marital status: | Single |
Occupation: | Little Piecer |
He enlisted in: | Chester, Cheshire |
Remembered: | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Also a memorial grave in Newton (St Mary) Churchyard Cheshire, Panel 36 and 38 |
Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
From the Manchester Evening News, Friday 21st January 1916, page 7, column 2:
* Muslin Street is now Talbot Road. See our notes on Old Place Names.