Edward Percy Ashe

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Rear-Admiral Edward Percy Ashe, M.V.O. 4th Class, Royal Navy, Retired (8 April, 1852 – 5 July, 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Ashe was born in Quebec in 1852, the son of Commander E. D. Ashe, Royal Navy.[1] He joined the Royal Navy and became a Naval Cadet on 1 August, 1866, having passed from Mr. Foster's "crammer" at Stubbington House near Fareham. He received his Naval Cadet's certificate on 22 August.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 30 January, 1877.[2]

On 15 June, 1886, he was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 31.[3]

Captain

Ashe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1899.[4]

On 9 April, 1900 Ashe married Susan Gile, daughter of the late Dr. Daniel Gile of Marblehead, Massachusetts.[1]

At the end of 1904 Ashe commanded the ironclad Simoom, late Monarch, on her journey home from Simon's Bay, South Africa.

On 8 September, 1905, Ashe was appointed a member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of King Edward VII's visit to Marienbad.[5]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 8 April, 1907.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 September, 1908.[7] On Saturday 4 July, 1914 he motored from his home "Longwood", near Camberley to Winchester in a motorcycle with a sidecar. On the return journey he was in collision with an automobile at Hartford Bridge Flats, and thrown from the bike to the road. After being taken to Frimley Cottage Hospital he died from his injuries on the morning of 5 July.

Bibliography

  • "Retired Admiral's Death" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 6 July, 1914. Issue 40568, col E, pg. 8.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 31
15 Jun, 1886[8] – ?
Succeeded by
Edward M. Hewett
Preceded by
James E. C. Goodrich
Captain of H.M.S. Pearl
? – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Douglas A. Gamble
Captain of H.M.S. Kent
1 Jul, 1905[Citation needed] – ?
Succeeded by
Heathcoat S. Grant

 

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Burke's Peerage. p. 2148.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 24413. p. 502. 2 February, 1877.
  3. The Navy List (July, 1886), p. 245.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 27835. p. 6191. 12 September, 1905.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 28011. p. 2414. 9 April, 1907.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 28177. p. 6684. 15 September, 1908.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.

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