HEY, Ashton Usher
Primary tabs
Known as:
Tony
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X106797
Born:
Saturday, February 11, 1911
Birthplace:
Oldham, Lancashire
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
33
Cemetery/Memorial:
Sergeant Ashton Hey, 'B' troop, died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of George Herbert and Martha Jane Usher Hey; husband of Elsie Gordon Hey, of Glasgow.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
ROH in 'They Did What Was Asked Of Them', author Raymond Mitchell.
[Images] Matt Barber whose mother is the niece of Ashton Hey.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
Additional content:
Archive pages :
Ask Questions / Add Information / Add Photos
Use the Archive Forum for research enquiries, or to add information or photos. [register now].
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Contact the Archive via the [contact form].
All content is researched and administered by the Commando Veterans Archive.
