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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ashcroft Dick
|Army number=
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}

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 |Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
 |Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the London Scottish.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1/11/1942.  Served Normandy and North West Europe 3/8/1944 to 19/2/1948.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Details awaited.
+|Task or role=Qualified as a Mechanic 1st Class.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=Lance Bombardier.  Bombardier.  Sergeant.  Staff Sergeant.
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 |Image Title=Family photo featuring Staff Sergeant Dick Ashcroft -standing at left.
 }}
 The following group photograph shows Dick Ashcroft at the front right:-
 [[File:Ashcroft15colour.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Dick Ahcroft at front right of the group]]

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 |Rank=Gunner
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Born 29/11/1919 in Liverpool.
 |Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1/11/1942.  Served Normandy and North West Europe 3/8/1944 to 19/2/1948.
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 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=Lance Bombardier.  Bombardier.  Sergeant.  Staff Sergeant.
-|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
+|Wounded=Yes - shrapnel injury - apparently not serious.
-|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death JUly 1989 in Neston, Cheshire.
 |Home address=No family information yet.
 |Image Name=Ashcroft17_(2).jpg