2nd Lieutenant Edward Deakin Ashton
FODC tribute to the Battle of the Somme.
2nd Lieutenant Edward Deakin Ashton who died serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers on the 1st July 1916, during the very first day of the Battle.
Bold Venture Park Scouts Pay a Tribute
On the 1st July Bold Venture Park Scouts commemorated the Centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme by visiting the grave of 2nd Lieutenant Edward Deakin Ashton who died during the battle on the very first Day.
FODC July 2016