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Revision as of 16:44, 30 December 2009
Rear-Admiral Edward Percy Ashe, M.V.O. 4th Class, Royal Navy (8 April, 1852 – 5 July, 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Ashe was born in Quebec in 1852. He joined the Royal Navy and became a Naval Cadet on 1 August, 1866, having passed from Mr. Foster's "crammer" at Stubbington House near Fareham. He received his Cadet's certificate on 22 August.
He was placed on the Retired List on 8 April, 1907. On Saturday 4 July, 1914 he motored from his home "Longwood", near Camberley to Winchester in a motorcycle with a sidecar. On the return journey he was in collision with an automobile at Hartford Bridge Flats, and thrown from the bike to the road. After being taken to Frimley Cottage Hospital he died from his injuries on the morning of 5 July.
Who was Who
ASHE, Rear-Admiral Edward Percy MVO 1905
Born 1852; m 1900, Susan, d of late Dr Daniel Gile, Boston, USA; died 5 July 1914
Rear-Admiral, retired, 1907
CAREER Naval Cadet, 1866; Lieut 1877; Commander, 1891; Captain, 1899; served Egyptian War, 1882 (Egyptian medal, Khedive’s bronze star); South African War, 1903 (medal)
ADDRESS Longwood, Camberley, Surrey
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Retired Admiral's Death" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 6 July, 1914. Issue 40568, col E, pg. 8.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/18.
