Lieutenant
LANCELOT EDGAR (L E) ASHCROFT

• Lieutenant LANCELOT EDGAR ASHCROFT's Story

• 	Born 17 January 1897 in New Pleymouth, , New Zealand
  	Occupation Worked as a Bank Clerk prior to enlisting.
  	Enlisted 6 December 1915 in Victoria, British Columbia | Age: 18 years
  	Buried 9 April 1917 - VILLERS STATION CEMETERY | Age: 20 years

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Interesting Facts

• Born in New Pleymouth, New Zealand in 1897 to Albert and Emmeline Ashcroft. Both Lance and his brother were killed in WW1, the second by drowning en-route to Palestine. Lance and his brothers are both remembered both on the churches memorial alter and in a stained glass window in the 1916 memorial chapel. When he died just three days after his twentieth birthday, Lance had just returned to the front lines after a months-long bout of the measles. He was killed by a sniper during the earliest moments of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, after successfully leading his platoon to their objective. They were sent out as an advance party to destroy some machine gun emplacements before the main advance could take place.

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Fallen Soldiers from New Pleymouth , New Zealand

• Lieutenant
  ASHCROFT, LANCELOT EDGAR
  9 April 1917
  VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
  

Fallen Comrades of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

• Private
  ROSE, FREDERICK
  3 September 1918
  VIMY MEMORIAL
  
• Private
  MANN, CARLOSS DANIEL
  9 April 1917
  CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2
  
• Private
  HACKMAN, SAMUEL
  24 September 1916
  PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Private
  FINNESSEY, THOMAS JAMES
  8 June 1917
  VIMY MEMORIAL
  
• Private
  MARONEY, JAMES DENNIS
  10 June 1916
  BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY (ENCLOSURE 4)
  
• Private
  TWATT, WILLIAM
  8 October 1916
  ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Private
  DICKSON, RUSSELL JAMES
  12 April 1917
  BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
  
• Corporal
  DRYHURST, WILLIAM HENRY
  27 September 1918
  ONTARIO CEMETERY SAINS-LES-MARQUION
  
• Private
  THORN, GEORGE
  19 December 1916
  ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Private
  CAMERON, ROBERT
  3 May 1917
  VIMY MEMORIAL
  
• Private
  COOK, ROLLO ELMER
  29 September 1918
  ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Private
  MCKEOGH, THOMAS
  23 March 1916
  LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY