The story
Name: J H ASHTON
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91197
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 846 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Trumpeter
Date of death: 1944-08-10
Aircraft: Avenger FN 830
Place of death: Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Squire Ashton and Margaret Ashton of Cranhill, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91197
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 846 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Trumpeter
Date of death: 1944-08-10
Aircraft: Avenger FN 830
Place of death: Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Squire Ashton and Margaret Ashton of Cranhill, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
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