ASHCROFT James William

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    William 
  • Surname:
    ASHCROFT
  • Service Number:
    830454
  • Rank:

    Driver

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    311th Brigade
  • Unit:
    C Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    2nd May 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave II. J. 85.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Alfred Ashcroft, 79 Offmore Rd., Kidderminster

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ASHCROFT James William Is Named On These Memorials

Kidderminster Baxter United Reformed Church
Kidderminster St John the Baptist Church
Kidderminster War Memorial
Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School with the information: Royal Field Artillery. Died of Wounds 2 May 1917. Age 20.

Further Information About ASHCROFT James William

James Ashcroft was born on 13th November 1896, the son of Alfred and Amy Constance Ashcroft.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital in December 1905.  On 4th October 1911 he was apprenticed to J.W. Adams, shoemaker of Kidderminster.

Kidderminster Times, 26th May 1917:
Driver J.W. Ashcroft, Royal Field Artillery who lived in Mill Street, Kidderminster but whose parents now reside at 79 Offmore Road, is reported from France to have been killed in action.  He was 20 years of age and prior to joining up worked for Mr John Adams of George Street.

A further report in the Kidderminster Times of 2nd June 1917 gives the information that James Ashcroft died at a casualty clearing station in France from wounds received in action on 2nd May.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

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