Peter Ashmore

Vice-Admiral Sir
Peter Ashmore
KCB KCVO DSC
Rear Admiral Ashmore in March 1968.
Born4 February 1921
Died31 July 2002(2002-07-31) (aged 81)
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch
 Royal Navy
Service years
1938–1972
Rank
Vice-Admiral
CommandsAdmiralty Interview Board
Conflicts
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Cross

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter William Beckwith Ashmore KCB KCVO DSC (4 February 1921 – 31 July 2002) was a Royal Navy officer. After retirement from the navy he became Master of the Household to the Sovereign.

Early life

Ashmore was the son of Vice-Admiral Leslie Ashmore: he was educated at Yardley Court and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; he joined the Royal Navy in 1938.

On graduation from Dartmouth, Ashmore served in the Second World War in the destroyer HMS Kipling in which he commanded the ship's guns during an operation to rescue survivors from two other British ships off Crete in May 1941. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and mentioned in despatches in 1942. After the War he became Deputy Director of the Royal Navy Staff College at Greenwich in 1957, Captain (Frigates) of the Dartmouth Training Squadron in 1960 and a member of the Plans Division at the Admiralty in 1963. He was promoted to rear admiral on 7 July 1966, and went on to be Flag Officer, Admiralty Interview Board in 1966, Chief of Staff of the Western Fleet and to NATO Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic in 1967 and Chief of the Allied Staff at Headquarters Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe in 1970 before he retired in 1972.

Ashmore was appointed a temporary Equerry to the King from 1946 to 1948, and an Extra Equerry to the Queen in 1952.

Ashmore was appointed a Member (4th class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 1947 Birthday Honours, a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1968 New Year Honours, promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1972 New Year Honours, and to Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1980 Birthday Honours.

In retirement Ashmore was Master of the Household to the Sovereign from 1973 to 1986. His elder brother was Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore who became Admiral of the Fleet and Chief of the Defence Staff.

References

  1. ↑ "Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/89695. Retrieved 15 June 2015. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Obituary: Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore". The Telegraph. London. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "No. 35409". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 January 1942. p. 176.
  4. ↑ "No. 35573". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1942. p. 2286.
  5. ↑ "No. 43974". The London Gazette. 6 May 1966. p. 5448.
  6. ↑ "No. 37445". The London Gazette. 25 January 1946. p. 669.
  7. ↑ "No. 38179". The London Gazette. 16 January 1948. p. 409.
  8. ↑ "No. 39616". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1952. p. 4198.
  9. ↑ "No. 37977". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1947. p. 2577.
  10. ↑ "No. 44484". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1967. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "No. 45554". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1971. p. 2.
  12. ↑ "No. 48212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1980. p. 4.
  13. ↑ "No. 45945". The London Gazette. 3 April 1973. p. 4305.
  14. ↑ "No. 50463". The London Gazette. 18 March 1986. p. 3849.
  15. ↑ The Times - obituary 18 May 2016