About Francis Noel Ashley
Lived 1884 – 1976 (aged 91–92). Francis Noel Ashley was a military personnel.
Francis Noel Ashley (1884–1976) was a British colonial administrator. He served as the Resident Commissioner of Southern Provinces of Nigeria from 1924 until 1928, and as Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands between 1929 and 1939.
Biography Ashley was born in 1884 and attended Westminster School. He joined the Royal Sussex Militia Artillery in 1902, before transferring to the Cape Colonial Mounted Forces in 1904.
He went on leave from his post in April 1939. In 1940 he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, serving as a Squadron Leader until 1944. Between 1944 and 1946 he worked for the government of the Bahamas.
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British colonial administrator
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Francis Noel Ashley was born in 1884.
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Francis Noel Ashley died in 1976.
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Francis Noel Ashley was a military personnel.
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