William Edwin Ashby
Date of birth: 1915
Date of death: 31.10.1942
Area: Pontefract
Regiment: Merchant Navy
Family information: Husband of Hazel Ashby nee Shaw
Rank: Fireman and Trimmer
War Service
William was in the Merchant Navy and was working as a Fireman and Trimmer on the S.S. Reynolds when he died on 31st October 1942.. He was 27 years old. He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. This memorial commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave. It stands on the south side of the garden of Trinity Square, London, close to the Tower of London.
Family Life
William Edwin Ashby was born in 1915 to William Charles and Helen Ashby. His siblings were Charles E, Agnes H, Clara E and Alfred. In 1921 they were living at Beech Grove, Pontefract and in 1939 William had moved to 42 Monkhill Drive, Pontefract.
He married Hazel Shaw of Purston, Featherstone and they had a daughter Joan.