18/289 Cpl Oswald Charles Ash of the 18th Battlaion Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on the 31st August 1916. He was born in North Ormesby and enlisted at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The 18th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Pioneers) Northumberland Fusiliers was formed on 14th October 1914 and Oswald's number indicates that he joined shortly after that date. The battalion didn't go overseas until 8th January 1916 and it seems likely that George, as an original battalion member, probably arrived in Le Havre on this date. Certainly his medal index card only notes entitlement to the British War and Victory medals.
Oswald was 21 years old when he died, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds the additional information that he was the son of James and Martha M E Ash of 12 Beech Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. He is buried in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery; grave reference II.B.3.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The image of Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery and its ruined chateau just after the war, appeared in a Michelin guide to the battlefields. It also appears on the WW1 battlefields site.
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