Ashfield, Lieut. Lionel Arthur b. August 1, 1898 d. July 16, 1918 World War I Flying Ace. Lionel Arthur Ashfield was the second son of Charles Edmund Ashfield and his wife Ida Lucy Hunt. His father was the headmaster of Hazelhurst School in Frant, East Sussex. During World War I, Lionel served initially in the Royal Naval Air Service. After the April 1918 merger of that branch with the Royal Flying Corps, he served as a lieutenant in the No. 202 Squadron of the newly-formed Royal Air Force. The British flying ace was thought to have been credited with...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick) Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium Plot: VI. D. 5.
b. August 1, 1898 d. July 16, 1918