Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (25 September 1891 – 31 January 1917) was an

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from Southport, who competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

. Ashington was born in 1891 in Southport,

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the son of Sherard and Lydia Ashington, his father was a solicitor. In 1912 he finished tenth in the long jump competition and 15th in the standing long jump event. Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the

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, serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.Ashington, Henry
''Commonwealth War Graves Commission'', Retrieved 14 September 2008

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1891 births 1917 deaths Sportspeople from Southport English male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics East Yorkshire Regiment officers British military personnel killed in World War I British Army personnel of World War I {{England-athletics-bio-stub

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