Vice Admiral Leslie Haliburton Ashmore, (21 February 1893 – 10 January 1974) was a

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officer who served as Flag Officer commanding the

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from 1945 to 1947.

Naval career

Ashmore joined the

in 1906 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1915 during the

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/ref> He became commanding officer of the

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in 1938,Leslie Ashmore
U-boat just before the start of the

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and then became Naval Assistant to the

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in 1940. He became commanding officer of the

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in 1942 and then commanding officer of the battleship in 1943. He went on to be Flag Officer commanding the

in 1945 before retiring in 1947. He died in Kent at the age of 80.

Family

Ashmore was married to Tamara Vasilevna Schutt.''

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2010'',

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, 2010, One son,

Sir Edward Ashmore Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore, (11 December 1919 – 28 April 2016) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He saw active service in the Second World War and later commanded two frigates before ac ...

, became admiral of the fleet and Chief of the Defence Staff, while another was Vice Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, who was the Master of the Household to HM the Queen from 1973 to 1986.

References

External links

The Papers of Leslie Ashmore
held at

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