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Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS
By Lorna Almonds Windmill
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By Christopher Robbins
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 55361" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ashby</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Frank Guy</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn (Blue Combat Team)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-419031</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star,Purple Heart</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Rushville,Rush County,Indiana</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.7.1919 Indianapolis,Indiana</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Frank Graybill and Katherine Margarete (nee Guy) Ashby</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Indiana University prewar (graduated postwar)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>WIA 4.4.1944 Nhpum Ga,Burma</em> </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20 years service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>achieved rank of Lieutenant Colonel</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served in Korean War</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star for Korea with 3rd Infantry Division (rank,date ?)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired 1965</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>school teacher,Inglemoor High School (15 + years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Patricia A. (1927-97) (49 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided 18150 60th Place NE,Kenmore,Washington (1988)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 19.12.2016 King County,Washington</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Lake Forest Park,King County,Washington</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-ashby.28768/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/28/28768-d72979407feb5a9e7aafe127316ef5b5.jpg?1591434156" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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