150286 Private Desmond Robert Ashe
otherwise
Desmond Otho Putland Ashe
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
43rd Battalion
The headstone on his mother's grave in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, notes that he was Killed in Action.
He has no known grave.
Desmond Robert Ashe, of Killarney, Manitoba, a Farmer, enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 16 November 1915, at Brandon, Manitoba.
He gave his date and place of birth as 9th May 1889, in the parish of St. Michael, Limerick, Ireland.
He named his next of kin as Mrs. L. Ashe, Killarney, Manitoba. [She is presumed to be his wife].
He stated that he had previous military experience, having served in The 8th Royal Irish Hussars.
He was 26 years and 9 months old, 5ft 7in high, blue eyes, and dark hair streaked with grey.
Although he enlisted as Desmond Robert Ashe, his birth was registered in Limerick as,
Desmond Otho Putland Ashe,
which is how he was noted on his mother's headstone.
His name is included in the
Mount Jerome Cemetery War Memorial
150286 Private Desmond Robert Ashe
otherwise
Desmond Otho Putland Ashe
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
43rd Battalion
The headstone on his mother's grave in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, notes that he was Killed in Action.
He has no known grave.
Desmond Robert Ashe, of Killarney, Manitoba, a Farmer, enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 16 November 1915, at Brandon, Manitoba.
He gave his date and place of birth as 9th May 1889, in the parish of St. Michael, Limerick, Ireland.
He named his next of kin as Mrs. L. Ashe, Killarney, Manitoba. [She is presumed to be his wife].
He stated that he had previous military experience, having served in The 8th Royal Irish Hussars.
He was 26 years and 9 months old, 5ft 7in high, blue eyes, and dark hair streaked with grey.
Although he enlisted as Desmond Robert Ashe, his birth was registered in Limerick as,
Desmond Otho Putland Ashe,
which is how he was noted on his mother's headstone.
His name is included in the
Mount Jerome Cemetery War Memorial
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