Henry Ashington
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Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (25 September 1891[1] – 31 January 1917) was an English track and field athlete from Southport,[2] who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Ashington was born in 1891 in Southport, Lancashire 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.[3]
Ashington was killed in action during the First World War,[4] serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.[5]
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References
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- ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Henry Sherard O Ashington; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1891; District: Ormskirk; Volume: 8b; Page: 813.
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- ↑ Ashington, Henry, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 14 September 2008
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