Edward Ashmore (British Army officer)

Edward Ashmore
Nickname(s)Splash
Born(1872-02-20)20 February 1872
Paddington, London
Died5 October 1953(1953-10-05) (aged 81)
Arundel, Sussex
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army (1891–18, 1919–29)
Royal Air Force (1918–19)
Years of service1891–1929
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Artillery
Royal Flying Corps
CommandsTerritorial Army Air Defence Brigades (1924–29)
1st Air Defence Brigade (1920–24)
London Air Defence Area (1917–20)
IV Brigade RFC (1916–17)
I Brigade RFC (1916)
First Wing RFC (1915)
Administration Wing RFC (1914–15)
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)

Major General Edward Bailey Ashmore, CB, CMG, MVO (20 February 1872 – 5 October 1953) was a British Army officer from the 1890s to the 1920s who served in the Royal Artillery, the Royal Flying Corps and briefly in the Royal Air Force before founding and developing the organisation that would become the Royal Observer Corps.