Basic Details
Surname
Ashwell
Forenames
Frank H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frank Hopkins
Served or died
Died
Service number
20265
Notes
The Roll of Honour lists his address as 4 Field Street.

(CWGC records that Private F H Ashwell, regimental number 20265, was serving in the 2nd Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment when he died on 26/8/1917; he is buried in grave III.A.20 at Basra War Cemetery in Iraq. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Frank Hopkins Ashwell died on 26/8/1917. When his death was announced in the Peterborough Advertiser on 8/9/1917, he was stated to have died from sunstroke. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his daughter Violet Ashwell was his legatee. Frank Ashwell had married Charlotte Gough in Peterborough in 1902; their daughter Violet May was born the following year).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Norfolks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Iraq
Town of death
Basra
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
Died of sickness at Basra
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
4 FIELD STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial