Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Wright ASHTON
Private 24057 Wright ASHTON of 10th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Killed in Action Tuesday 11th January 1916, France , age 20
| Of: | 55 Muslin Street*, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Lavinia Poole Ashton and Alexander Ashton of 8 Harbour, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Little Piecer |
| He enlisted in: | Chester, Cheshire |
| Remembered on: | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Also a memorial grave in Newton (St Mary) Churchyard Cheshire, Panel 36 and 38 |
| Link with Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Notes:
From the Manchester Evening News, Friday 21st January 1916, page 7, column 2:
Died in France as a result of severe internal injuries sustained when in a trench which was destroyed by a German shell. He was only twenty years of age and had been at the front eleven days. He was a well-known Newton lad and the second scout in the 2nd Newton Troop.
* Muslin Street is now Talbot Road. See our notes on Old Place Names.