Date Killed:	12th October 1944
Company:	108 PRO COY
Cemetery:	JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
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Surname:	Ashdown
Initials:	H.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	6406521
Notes:	HE WAS BORN IN LONDON E AND RESIDED IN ESSEX AND FORMERLY SERVED IN THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGT. 12/10/44 REPORT TO COY HQ THAT A SHELL LANDED ON A CHECK POST IN NIJMEGEN KILLING L/CPL ASHDOWN AND WOUNDING CPL LANGDOWN AND L/CPL TREVAIL WHO WERE ON DUTY CHECKING ALL DRIVERS AND VEHICLES. 13/10/44 L/CPL ASHDOWN BURIED. UNIT WAR DIARY WO171/3375. INSCRIPTION ON GRAVESTONE: DEEP IN OUR HEARTS YOUR MEMORY IS KEPT, WE SMILE WITH THE WORLD BUT NEVER FORGET. 108 PRO COY WAS PART OF 12 CORPS.