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5883315 WOII George Wilson Ashdown MM

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on: 01 Jan 1914
Died on: 20 Sep 1944
Died at: Onderlangs area of Arnhem
Aged: 30
Buried at: First buried at Onderlangs (Arnhem) opposite St Elisabeths Hospital, now Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 19.C.15.

Rest in Peace WOII Ashdown MM:
The son of George John and Lily Wilson Ashdown, of Chiswick, Middlesex.



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