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Soldiers Died in the Great War gives his service number as 35098. He was born in Rockcliffe, Cumberland, and enlisted in Sunderland. He first served with the Royal Engineers with the service number 397850.
His name appears in a list of those who fell in a book entitled " The History of the Durham Constabulary 1840-1990. Policing the Land of the Prince Bishops"; Supt. Alan S. Watson and Supt. Derek Harrison, LL.B. (Rtd); Durham Books; ISBN 1-872902-00-6.
William Ashburn is remembered in Aykley Heads on A41.01, in Durham on D47.150, in Herrington on H137.06 and in Sunderland on S140.048 Part 04 page 83.
