Background
ASHMORE, of the Fleet Edward Beckwith was born on December 11, 1919 in Queenstown, Eire. Son of Vice-Admiral L. H. Ashmore, C.B., D.S.O., and T. V. Shutt.
ASHMORE, of the Fleet Edward Beckwith was born on December 11, 1919 in Queenstown, Eire. Son of Vice-Admiral L. H. Ashmore, C.B., D.S.O., and T. V. Shutt.
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Served His Majesty’s Ship Biimingham, Jupiter, Middleton 1938-1942. Staff, Commander in Chief Home Fleet 1944-1945. Mentioned in despatches 1946.
Assistant Naval Attache, British Embassy, Moscow 1946-1947.
Squadron Communications Officer 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron 50. Commander 1950; His Majesty’s Ship Alert 1952-1953.
Captain 1955. Captain (F) 6th Frigate Squadron, Commdg.
Officer His Majesty’s Ship Blackpool 1958. Director of Plans, Admiralty and Ministry of Defence 1960-1962.
Commander British Forces Caribbean Area 1963-1964. Rear-Admiral. 1965; Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, Signals 1965-1967.
Flag Officer, Second-in-Command, Far East Fleet 1967-1968.
Vice-Admiral. 1968; Vice-Chief Naval Staff 1969-1971. Admiral. 1970; C.- in-C. Western Fleet September-October 1971.
Commander in Chief Fleet 1971-1973.
Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord 1974-1977. Chief of Defence Staff February-August 1977. First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the Queen 1974-1977.
Admiral. of the Fleet 1977.
Director Racal Electronics Limited. since 1978. Governor Sutton"s Hospital in Charterhouse 1975, Charterhouse School 1984.
Council of the Society of British Aerospace Companies Limited. since 1982.
Married Elizabeth Mary Doveton Sturdee in 1942.