Service Details
Name:
 ASHBY
Given Name:
 LAURENCE CROSSLEY
Initials:
 L C
Service No:
 6296206
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Unit 2:
 and Long Range Desert Group
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-22
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, by Hurricanes, attacked in error, at Wadi el Faregh
Additional
Information:
Son of Leonard Frederick and Florence Agnes Ashby, of Hillside, Southern Rhodesia. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Joint grave 8. B. 28-29.

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