| Notes: | CMP. 108 Pro Coy. 24/6/40 enlisted in the 50 Royal Sussex Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP. 12/10/44 Died. He was born in London E and resided in Essex. 108 Pro Coy Unit War Diary, WO 171/3375. 12/10/44 Sgt ? reported to Company HQ that a shell landed on a check post in Nijmegen killing L/Cpl Ashdown and wounding L/Cpl Trevail who were on duty checking all drivers and vehicles. 13/10/44 L/Cpl Ashdown buried. Casualty List 1586, North West Europe, Died of Wounds, KIA, CL 1592/50, 12/10/1944. Casualty List 1592, North West Europe, Died of Wounds, , should read Killed in Action, 12/10/1944.
Inscription on gravestone: Deep in our hearts your memory is kept, we smile with the rest but never forget. 108 Pro Coy was part of 12 Corps.
Herbert Ashdown.
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