- Henry Ashington
Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (
25 September 1891 [cite web| url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=310| title= Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington - Olympic Record| publisher=British Olympic Association] –31 January 1917 ) was an English track and field athlete fromOrmskirk , [England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Henry Sherard O Ashington; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1891; District: Ormskirk; Volume: 8b; Page: 813.] who competed in the1912 Summer Olympics .In 1912 he finished tenth in the long jump competition and 14th in the standing long jump event.
Ashington was killed in action during the
First World War , serving as a captain with theEast Yorkshire Regiment nearCombles . He was buried in theCombles Communal Cemetery nearby. [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=591609 Ashington, Henry] , "Commonwealth War Graves Commission", Retrieved 14 September 2008 ]References
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