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James Ashton (Royal Navy officer)

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Died
  
30 December 1951

Service/branch
  
Royal Navy

Awards
  
DSO

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Rank
  
Rear Admiral

Name
  
James Ashton

Battles/wars
  
First World War, Second World War

Rear Admiral James Ashton DSO (1883-1951) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

Born in 1883, James Ashton was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Devonport. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1917. He was appointed as Aide-de-camp to King Edward VIII in 1936, and served at the Admiralty during the Second World War.

Rear Admiral James Ashton died on 30 December 1951, aged 68.

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