Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Edward Davey Ashcroft) very fine £70-£90

Edward Davey Ashcroft was born in Hunterville New Zealand in August 1895, and was the son of Albert Edward and Emmeline Lucy Ashcroft, of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1912, served during the Great War as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war from 2 April 1915. Ashcroft advanced to Captain, and was serving with the 7th Field Company in Mesopotamia when he died of wounds, 30 November 1917.

Captain Ashcroft is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery, and commemorated on the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston Memorial Arch.