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Sergeant Neville Ashley

Service History

Operations

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Sicily (Operation Husky)
Speed was essential to prevent the consolidation of Italian and German defences facing a rapid pincer movement launched from ...

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Italy
The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, r...

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...

Decorations

Military Medal
Military Medal
1943

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Biography of Sgt Neville Ashley MM
Neville Ashley was born in Hale-Barnes, Cheshire, on 26 June 1913. He led a typical rural life in the years between the two W...
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Group photos

Group photo of 1st Platoon, A Company, 2nd Para Bn taken at Barletta, Italy, 1943.
Group photo of 1st Platoon, A Company, 2nd Para Bn taken at Barletta, Italy, 1943.
Group photograph of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Easton Hall, Lincs, June 1944.
Group photograph of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Easton Hall, Lincs, June 1944.
Three members of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Italy, 1943.
Three members of A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Italy, 1943.
Five men of the 2nd Parachute Battalion prior to Arnhem c1944.
Five men of the 2nd Parachute Battalion prior to Arnhem c1944.
Men of the 2nd Parachute Battalion in Altamura, Italy, 1943.
Men of the 2nd Parachute Battalion in Altamura, Italy, 1943.

Medal Citations

Citation for the award of the Military Medal to Cpl Neville Ashley, Sicily, 1943.
Citation for the award of the Military Medal to Cpl Neville Ashley, Sicily, 1943.
Citation for the award of the Military Medal to Cpl Neville Ashley, Sicily, 1943.
Citation for the award of the Military Medal to Cpl Neville Ashley, Sicily, 1943.

Photos

Maj Gen J D Frost with N Ashley, Manchester book signing, 1982.
Maj Gen J D Frost with N Ashley, Manchester book signing, 1982.

Solo photos

Cpl Neville Ashley MM, Italy, 1943.
Cpl Neville Ashley MM, Italy, 1943.