词条 | Leslie Ashmore |
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|name= Leslie Ashmore |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1893|02|21|df=yes}} |birth_place= Hendon, London |death_date= {{death date and age|1974|01|10|1893|02|21|df=yes}} |death_place= Godden Green, Kent |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1906–1947 |rank= Vice Admiral |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= Reserve Fleet {{HMS|Malaya||6}} {{HMS|Valiant|1914|6}} {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} |battles= First World War Second World War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |relations= Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore (son) Vice Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore (son) |laterwork= }} Vice Admiral Leslie Haliburton Ashmore, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|DSO}} (21 February 1893 – 10 January 1974) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet from 1945 to 1947. Naval careerAshmore joined the Royal Navy in 1906 and was commissioned in 1915 during the First World War.[1] He became commanding officer of the cruiser {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} in 1938,[2] just before the start of the Second World War and then became Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord in 1940.[1] He became commanding officer of the battleship {{HMS|Valiant|1914|6}} in 1942 and then commanding officer of the battleship {{HMS|Malaya||6}} in 1943.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1945 before retiring in 1947.[1] FamilyAshmore was married to Tamara Vasilevna Schutt.[3] One son, Sir Edward Ashmore, 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.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before=Charles Harris}}{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet | years=1945–1947}}{{s-aft | after=Reginald Servaes}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashmore, Leslie}}2. ^Leslie Ashmore U-boat 3. ^Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-408-11414-8}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1403313/Vice-Admiral-Sir-Peter-Ashmore.html|title=Obituary: Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2 August 2002|accessdate=5 September 2012}} 6 : 1893 births|1974 deaths|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Royal Navy admirals of World War II|Royal Navy personnel of World War I |
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