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Cpl. Oswald Charles Ash
British Army 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.31st Aug 1916)
Oswald Charles Ash served with the 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
he died on 31st August 1916 at the age of 20. Son of James and Martha Mary E. Ash (nee Bell) of 12 Beech Street Jarrow, he was born in Middlesbrough, lived Jarrow and enlisted in Newcastle. On the 1911 census, he is recorded as Oswald Charles Ash age 15 at School is with his parents James and Martha Ash and family at 12 Beech Street, Jarrow.
He is buried in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery.