Name
Frederick J Ashby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/02/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Boy 1st Class
122496
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Conqueror"
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BIRKENHEAD (FLAYBRICK HILL) CEMETERY
14. C. of E. 424.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Bushey Town Memorial,
St James’ Church Memorial,
Bushey Congregational Church Memorial, Bushey
Pre War
Born in about 1898, Frederick J Ashby was the son of Thomas and Mary Ashby of 3 Grove Cottages, Falconer Road, Bushey. He was the eldest of three children and his father was a farm labourer.
Wartime Service
He served as a Boy 1st Class 122496 on HMS Conqueror and died on 16 February 1915 while the ship was in the UK, but the cause of his death is unknown. He was about 16 years of age when he died and was buried at Flaybrick Hill Cemetery in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsular, England.
He is commemorated on the Bushey Memorial, at St James’ Parish Church and at the Congregational Church in Bushey High Street.
Additional Information
Information provided with the kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
