About Henry Ashington
Lived 1891 – 1917 (aged 25). Henry Ashington was a British athletics competitor.
Henry Sherard Osborn Ashington (25 September 1891 – 31 January 1917) was an English track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography Ashington was born in 1891 in Southport, Lancashire, the son of Sherard and Lydia Ashington. His father was a solicitor.
Ashington finished second behind Percy Kirwan in the long jump event at the 1912 AAA Championships.
Shortly after the 1912 AAA Championships, he finished tenth in the long jump competition and 15th in the standing long jump event at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden.
Ashington was killed in action, aged 25, during the First World War, serving as a captain with the East Yorkshire Regiment near Combles. He was buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery nearby.
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Who was Henry Ashington?
British athlete (1891–1917)
When was Henry Ashington born?
Henry Ashington was born on 25 September 1891.
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Henry Ashington died on 31 January 1917.
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Henry Ashington was an athletics competitor.
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Henry Ashington was British.
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