BASIL DRUMMOND ASH, Lieutenant Royal Navy
Born 16TH May 1890 in Australia
Died 30 September 1914, Kirkwall, Scotland in Sea Plane No.77
1911 Census, age 20, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1901 Census,Age 10, Scholar at Brighton
Father:
Cyril Alfred Drummond Ash 1857 – 1949
Born in Northamptonshire
Vicar at Saxton Church from 23 April 1906 until 20 Nov 1926.
died at Pulborough, Sussex 1949, aged 93
Mother: Hester Elizabeth Alexander 1863 – 1934 born in India
Naval Career:
Cadet 1905 Royal Naval College Dartmouth
Sub-Lieutenant 1910
Lieutenant 1912
Ships Served:
HMS DREADNOUGHT, Flagship for Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman
HMS PRINCE OF WALES, Atlantic Fleet
HMS AFRICA, Home Fleet
HMS PHILOMEL, Persian Gulf
HMS ESPIEGLE, Persian Gulf
Royal Naval Air Service 27 Jan – 29 Sep 1914 Seaplane 77