Identity
Person No.
29762
Service No.
135411
Last Name
First Name
Ross Ashworth
Initials
R A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Rank
Lance Bombardier
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
202 Battalion
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during a rocket attack in the Sangin area of Helmand province
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Additional Information
Notes
Born in Zimbabwe and brought up in South Africa before joining the British Army in April 2002. Also served in Iraq, and on exercises in Norway, Belize and the US, and was deployed to Afghanistan on operations in September 2006. He was the 50th British solider to die in Afghanistan. He went to a Somerset West Private School, where he was head boy, and went on to Stellenbosch University, where he was a student representative council spokesperson.
Citation
LG Sup 7 June 1951 pg. 3069 - "King's birthday"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project