Mary Ellen Ashton | Rank: | Civilian | Died: | 24/12/1944 | Age: | 48 | How Died: | War Operations | Incident Date: | 24/12/1944 | Incident Address. | 139 Abbey Hills Road | Died Address: | 139 Abbey Hills Road | |
Grave Details: | I-9/112 | Grave Photo: | No | Cemetery or Memorial: | Oldham (Greenacres) Cemetery | Town Memorial: | Not Listed | Extra Information: | CWGC - Wife of William Ashton, of 5 Kenworthy
Street. Died at 139 Abbey Hills Road. Confirmed
by death certificate.
The three members of the Ashton family (Alan,
George & Mary Ellen) who died in the Abbey Hills
Road incident were initially buried at the Oldham
(Hollinwood) Cemetery on the 29th December 1944.
Along with the remains of 7 Unidentified persons,
they were buried in Communal grave - Section: K19
- Grave: 158/9.
On the 13th October 1954, their remains were
exhumed and reburied in Oldham (Greenacres)
Cemetery in Section: I-9 - Grave: 112. The
remains of the 7 Unidentified persons were
cremated at this time and placed in a casket at
the foot of the Ashton Grave. |
District: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Oldham (Oldham MBC) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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