Henry Ashington Explained

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the First World War,^[5] serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.^[6]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington - Olympic Record. British Olympic Association.
2. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Henry Sherard O Ashington; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1891; District: Ormskirk; Volume: 8b; Page: 813.
3. Web site: Henry Ashington . Olympedia . 28 April 2021.
4. Web site: Henry Ashington . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801182630/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/henry-ashington-1.html . 1 August 2015 .
5. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . 7 November 2014 .
6. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/591609 Ashington, Henry