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250787 Lt. Ronald Edward Ashman British Army 10th Field Medium Regiment Royal Artillery from:Melksham, Wiltshire (d.27th September 1944) Ronald Ashman was a Lieutenant in the 10th Field Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was fatally wounded in the Battle of Falasie Gap in France, He is believed to have been hit by friendly fire and was taken to a French railway siding where sadly he died. The Battle of Falasie Gap was the decisive Battle of Normandy after The D-Day Landings He died on 27th of September 1944. Aged 28, he was the son of Albert Edward and Jessie Ashman of Melksham and husband of Enid F. N. Ashman, of Melksham. Ronald is buried in Calais Canadian War Cemetery at Leubringhen. Ronald married Enid in 1941. Then he was away most of the time training etc. Enid did not see much of Ronald after he joined up and then he left for the D-Day Landings and was sadly killed in September 1944. Enid kept Ronald's memory alive all her life she never married again and always spoke about him every time we saw her, sadly she died in 2011. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**