Source: Middlesex County Roll of Honour
Family Search: Major William Norman Ashplant was born on 23 July 1877, in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom as the son of Henry Brimsmead Ashplant and Henrietta Bryant. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1913 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 19, his occupation is listed as civil engineer in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 22 September 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, Picardie, France, at the age of 39, and was buried in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Attached to the 18th Battalion from November 28, 1914 to January 20, 1915. Then attached to 33rd Battalion.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 