Guy John Hamilton Ashwin (1894-1916)
Yorkshire man served with Durham Light Infantry
Guy John Hamilton Ashwin was born in Warwickshire and lived with his family in Derbyshire and later in Yorkshire.
He enlisted with 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 9th September 1914. The year after, on 18th April 1915, he entered France with this battalion. He was killed in action on 7th November 1916, aged 22. Ashwin had been promoted to Lieutenant.
He is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave 11), Pas de Calais, France.
Birth date: 1894
Death date: 1916-Nov-7
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: Exhall, Warwickshire (birth place)
46 Ilkeston Road, Heanor, Derbyshire (1901 census)
Birk House, Stairfoot, Barnsley, Yorkshire (1911 census)
Organisation membership: 5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Employment: Student (1911 census)
Family: Father: Guy Hamilton Ashwin
Mother: Marion
Siblings: Barbara, Elsie G., Humphrey Marley
By the time Lieutenant Ashwin was killed the family was living in “Coverleigh,” Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire
Military service:
Second Lieutenant/ Lieutenant
5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal
1914-15 Star
Memorial(s): Book of Remembrance 5th DLI, 1914-1918, St. Thomas Church, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. His name is on page 1.
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Sheen | Durham at War Volunteer
