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Solomon Ash
Born:
1899
Died:
4 Tishri 5716 (20 September 1955)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
ASH6093
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
1899
Place of birth:
Manchester
Death
Date of death:
4 Tishri 5716 (20 September 1955)
Died in combat?:
No
Places
Addresses
58 Stocks Street Cheetham, Manchester (1901)
81 Stocks Street Cheetham, Manchester (1911)
Schools
Name:
Southall Street
Solomon worked in a non-combatant role in catering during the war, being enlisted with the 39th Royal Fusiliers, despite not working in food or catering before or after the war itself.
Family
Spouse
Rachel Chazan (female)
Children
Edward Isaac Ash (male)
Rosemary Letherman (female)
Siblings
Mary Ash (female)
Bertha Ash (female)
Hettie Ash (female)
Rebecca Ash (female)
Harry Ash (male)
Isadore Ash (male)
Lily Ash (female)
Hyman Ash (male)
Lionel Ash (male)
Sylvia Ash (female)
Beatrice Ash (female)
Parents
Mother: Sarah Cohen (female)
Father: Isaac Ash (male)
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Military record no.:
2702
Rank at discharge/death:
Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Fusiliers
Battalion/unit:
39th Battalion
Campaigns:
Worked in the catering department for the Royal Fusiliers, alongside the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, in Palestine and Egypt.
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Repairing Fountain Pens and Watches
Type of employment:
War Work - Producing lorries in the SWW
Type of employment:
Jeweller's
Position:
Owner
Organisation:
Second Hand Jewellery Shop in Central Manchester
Gallery
1 of 16Solomon in uniform in 1917
2 of 16Back of previous photo - 1917 in Whitchurch, where he was stationed as part of his training
3 of 16Orderly Room Staff in Sarafand, 1919
4 of 16Back of previous photo
5 of 16Solomon with a Camel in Jerusalem
6 of 16Back of previous photo
"Me and my old pal"
7 of 16Solomon eating ice cream in Jerusalem 1919
8 of 16Back of previous photo
9 of 16Rosh Hashanah 1919 in Palestine
10 of 16Back of previous photo
11 of 16Rosh Hashanah Palestine 1919
12 of 16Back of previous photo
13 of 16Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem 1919
14 of 16Back of previous photo
15 of 16Solomon by the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem 1919
16 of 16Back of previous photo
1 of 16Solomon in uniform in 1917
2 of 16Back of previous photo - 1917 in Whitchurch, where he was stationed as part of his training
3 of 16Orderly Room Staff in Sarafand, 1919
4 of 16Back of previous photo
5 of 16Solomon with a Camel in Jerusalem
6 of 16Back of previous photo
"Me and my old pal"
7 of 16Solomon eating ice cream in Jerusalem 1919
8 of 16Back of previous photo
9 of 16Rosh Hashanah 1919 in Palestine
10 of 16Back of previous photo
11 of 16Rosh Hashanah Palestine 1919
12 of 16Back of previous photo
13 of 16Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem 1919
14 of 16Back of previous photo
15 of 16Solomon by the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem 1919
16 of 16Back of previous photo
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