W. P. B. Ashton
Brigadier W. P. B. Ashton,
Early life
W.P.B. Ashton was born in 1897.[1] He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree.[2]
Career
Ashton served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the British Army during the Second World War and was deputy director of ordnance services (engineering), Malaya Command, 1941–1942. His report on ordnance engineering services in Malaya, 1941–1942, written in 1946, is held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.[1] He was awarded the Military Cross.[2]
He was an associate member of the
See also
References
- ^ a b c Research Guide Far East Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, 2005. p. 1.
- ^ a b Supplement to The London Gazette, 1 August 1946, p. 3921.
- ^ "The New Year Honours", The Engineer, 9 January 1953.
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