P/O Ashton . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd. (d.10th Oct 1944)
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P Sgt Maj Alfred George Ashton . British Army 2nd Btn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Alfred is my husband's father and we are enjoying discovering all of his military exploits. Trying now to find movements of DCLI 2nd Battalion
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E Ashton . British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment E Ashton served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Eileen Ashton . Australian Land Army My Mother served in the Land Army in Australia from 1942 to 1944. Some of the places she worked at were Epping, Gunnedah Wilberforce and Griffith in New South Wales.
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Capt. Horace Wallace Ashton MC.. British Army Durham Light Infantry from High Lane, Cheshire My father, Horace Ashton married Catherine Watt Gilstin of Sunderland, Co. Durham (now Wearmouth) at High Lane. He volunteered for the Army in 1939 and rose to the rank of Captain. He was a proud and private man and although he talked about the Army as he grew older, we the family never really knew why he was awarded the MC. besides several other medals. He had three children and became an Overall Manufacturer mainly for the Ministry of Defence. He was a founder member of High Lane British Legion and died in the late 1990's. I am now 72 and am anxious to find what he was awarded the M.C for, I have a copy of a letter King George sent him from Buckingham Palace but nothing more.
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Sgt J. Ashton . Royal Air Force 10 Sqd. (d. 3rd Feb 1945 )
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Joan Ashton . Women's Land Army from Sheffield My mother-in-law, Joan Malone (nee Ashton), speaks with such great fondness about her time in the Women's Land Army, 1948-1950 in Tuxford (stayed at the Women's Land Army Hostel) so I have been researching that time and came across this web site. I thought it would be a wonderful surprise for her if I could find any other ladies (or families) that knew her from that special time of her life.
She has been living in Australia since 1966 and returned to the UK in the 1980s to visit her family and a dear Land Army friend Edna Oliver, sadly to find that she had recently passed on.
So, if anyone remembers their time at Tuxford 1948-1950 with Joan Ashton and the other gorgeous girls in the photographs I would be thrilled to show her this site and any messages or photos.
Thank you to all the Women's Land Army for your amazing work and dedication to your country.
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Gnr. John Edward Ashton . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
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Margaret Irene Hannah Ashton . Woman's Land Army from Cwmparc, Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales Margaret Ashton, my mother, served in South Wales with her friend. They decided that they would like a change of area and so, applied for a transfer. The friend said she didn't want to go too far away, so they asked for a transfer to Herefordshire. When the transfer was made, they were sent to Hertfordshire - it must have been a case of mistaken handwriting as the two counties have just one letter difference! They went to Hertfordshire and my mother ended up working for/with the person who eventually became her father-in-law. She met my father when he returned home from service in the Middle East. If the handwriting hadn't been mis-read, I may never have been born!
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Sgt. Raymond Ashton . British Army from Croydon My father, Raymond Ashton took part in the D day landings.
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Sto Ronald Dennis Ashton . Royal Navy HMS Perseus, HMS Burnham, HMS Rosneath from Birmingham My father, Ronald Ashton of Birmingham UK, served during World War 2 in the Royal Navy.
I know he was part of the Pacific Fleelia and had traveled to various parts of the world such as Australia, Hiroshima, Persia, Ceylon, Pearl Harbour.
The ships I know he served on was HMS Perseus, HMS Burnam, HMS Rosneath
I know he spent time in Greenock Scotland where he met my mother, Elizabeth McLaughlin, and they married after he returned from Australia this was on 8th January 1947, he then was released from the Services later in 1947.
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Pilot Officer Stanley W Ashton . RAF 59 Squadron
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P/O Stanley William Ashton . Royal Air Force 59 Squadron from Swindon (d.4th June 1940) Stanley Ashton is buried in our Swindon cemetery in the same plot as 11201 Frederick Loveday who died 6th November 1918 serving also with the RAF No. 1 transport depot. I'm looking for any more information on both men and the connection between them.
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Able Sea. William Ashton . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria My father, Able Seaman William Ashton served on the HMS Nigeria between 1942-1944. He told us about how cold it was on the Russian Convoy and the Malta Convoys when they got torpedoed.
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Able Sea. William Patrick "Asho" Ashton . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria from 33 Harbord St, Edge Hill, Liverpool 7 My dad, William Ashton, (according to his Certificate of Service) joined the Royal Navy on 18th October 1941, when he was 19 years old. The name of the ships he served on were: Raleigh, Pembroke and Nigeria. I believe Raleigh was a training vessel. He served on Pembroke from 16th December 1941 to 10th January 1942, and on Nigeria from 11th January 1942 to 18th July 1944 and then from 19th July 1944 to 10th December 1945. Under the name of ship it states `u/Russia', but I am not sure what that means. It finishes with his being on the Pembroke again from 11th December 1945 to 13th April 1946. He was released, Class A, 30747.
The stories he related were about escorting the Merchant Navy ships on the Malta Convoys and the Russian Convoys in the Atlantic. I am sure he said he was torpedoed, but not on what ship or where. He said the Malta Convoys where scary, but escorting the Russian Convoys was a nightmare, not with just the attacks by submarines, but the planes and the sub-zero conditions with ice and frost on the ships. They had to knock the ice off with picks, hammers and any other available tool they had. The water coming over the ships was sub zero. I have some photos of a ship being fired on and then sunk by enemy fire. It seems like the photos were taken of the ship my dad was on, then two photos of my dad's ship being fired on. Also a photo of the high waves coming over his ship, which look like Atlantic waves. I have a photo of someone, who must be an officer, being saluted and whistled aboard. Another photo is of a crowd of sailors and (in the background) the flags of Britain, Russia and America, so I presume it could be in Russia. I believe he spent some time in Ceylon because I have a photo of him and two friends standing by some lush vegetation, but there is no information about where they are.
My dad had a twin named Ernie, who was also in the Royal Navy, but I don't know which ships he served on.
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LAC. Raymond Ashurst . Royal Air Force
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Cpl. Alfred Colin Ashwood . British Army 693 Base Mfg. Wkshp. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Alfred Ashwood was stationed abroad with REME for 3 years 189 days during 1942 until 1945 without leave to the UK. He was my father but never spoke about the war. He died in 1973. What I can glean from his service records is as follows:
He was recruited into the Queens Royal Regiment on 10/8/1940. He transferred to the RASC on 8/5/1941 and having qualified as a "Turner" was transferred to the newly formed REME on 1/10/1942. He was sent to N. Africa on 25/12/1942 and assigned to 12 Advanced Base Workshop (not a nice Christmas present!). Subsequently, he was assigned to 693 Base Manufacturing Workshop as part of the Central Mediterranean Force, and was based in Sicily and Italy and probably elsewhere. He was promoted to Corporal on 18/4/1945 and Sergeant on 15/2/1946. He received the Africa Star and Italy Star and was hospitalised on a couple of occasions, but I do not know why.
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Pte. Leslie Ernest Ashwood . Australian Army
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H Ashworth . British Army H Ashworth served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Ashworth . British Army Royal Armoured Corps L Ashworth served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L/Cpl. Wilfred Ashworth . British Army 1st Btn. Durham Light Infantry from 41 Atherton Street, Durham City, Co. Durham (d.6th November 1941)
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Major Sayid Wasiul Hasan Askari . Indian Army 22nd Indian Convalescent Depot. Indian Army Medical Corps from Jaunpur, India (d.21st October 1943) Major Askari was the son of Syed Hasan Askari, of Jaigahan, Jaunpur, India; husband of Begum Ale Sughra Askari, of Karachi, Pakistan. M.B., Ch. B. (Edin.), D.T.M., D.T.H. (Liverpool), F.R.C.S.
He was 40 when he died and is buried in the Karbala Isolated Grave in Iraq.
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Pte. Ronald Arthur Askew . British Army 8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from Worksop, Notts (d.April 1940) Ronald Askew is buried at a war grave at Lillehammer Northern Civil Cemetery in Norway. In April 1940 he was part of the 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters that had landed in Norway as part of a disastrous attempt to assist the Norwegian Army against the Germans. The ship carrying the Battalion's vehicles and heavy equipment was sunk and those not killed were forced to flee through mountains in deep snow.
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SM Askew . British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment SM Askew served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sub Lt. Eng. Askin . Royal Naval Reserve HMS Forfar Sub Lt Askin was one of the survivors when the ship went down on the 2nd of December 1940
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TW Askin . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment TW Askin served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. Albert Aspden . British Army 2nd Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment (d.27th Feb 1945) Albert Aspden served with the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment. I have just returned from Reichswald Cemetery and would like to know more about how he and many others died.
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W/O Leonard Wilson Aspden. . RAF 12Sqd. (d.28th Aug 1943) Leonard Aspden was a pilot killed on 28th Aug 1943 flying Lancaster DV187 PH-A with 12sqd
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Thomas Aspel . Merchant Navy M.V. Hopetarn (d.29th May 1943) Thomas Aspell was a Junior Engineer Officer on the M.V. Hopetarn (Newcastle-on-Tyne) serving with the Merchant Navy. He was aged 21 when he died 29th May 1943. Thomas is Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
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Sgt. Everard Aloysius Aspell . Royal Air Force 108 Squadron from Christchurch, NZ (d.3rd December 1942) Everard Aspell was born in New Zealand of Irish parents. He enlisted with the RAF Reserve during the outbreak of war. We only found out about him recently when my brother, who lives in Sydney, Aus met up with another Everard Aspell, who is of the same family. His great great grandfather was the brother of my grandmother.
Not sure of the circumstances of his death but do know he died on Malta and is buried in (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta.
I will do more research and will certainly go to Malta to pay respects.
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