THOMAS ASHFORD

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THOMAS JOHN ASHFORD 1880 – 1917

 

Thomas John Ashford was born in 1880 to Thomas and Susan Ashford in Ashcott, Somerset and his baptism was recorded in the Baptism Register of Ashcott Parish Church on 3rdOctober 1880. His father’s occupation was given as ‘labourer’.

Thomas was the sixth child of Thomas and Susan, his siblings being

Ashcott War Memorial

ASHCOTT LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

ALL SAINTS’PARISH CHURCH ASHCOTT

WORLD WAR 1 MEMORIAL

A brass memorial plaque on the wall at the entrance to the chancel records the names of fourteen men of Ashcott who died serving in the armed forces during the First World War.

At the approach of the centenary anniversary of the start of the ‘War to end all Wars’it would be fitting to place those men in their time leading up to their involvement in the conflict.