Claude Ashton	Corinthians FC & Old Wykehamists FC 1 appearance, 0 goals P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 0: A 0 50% successful 1925 captain: none minutes played: 90
Timeline
	Flight Lieutenant Claude Thesiger Ashton BA
Birth	19 February 1901 as a British Subject, in Calcutta, Bengal, India.
Baptism	22 March 1901 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, by Arthur G. Suckman, the Catholic Chaplain.
	Not on the 1901 census, as he is in Calcutta, however, he is the youngest of four sons to Hubert Shorrock and Victoria Alexandrina (née Inglis).
	He had returned to England to school sometime before 1911, because according to that census, Claude Thesigie was with his Uncle and Aunt, George and Julia Collier, at Woodcote, 17 Southend Road, Beckenham, Kent. During the First World War, Claude was a Lieutenant of the Indian Army Territorial Corps.
	According to the 1921 census, Claude Thesiger is a student accountant and the youngest of the four sons still at home with their parents at Trueloves in Ingatestone (left).
Marriage	to Isabel Norman-Butler, on 11 June 1929 in Chelsfield [registered in Bromley, Kent, June 1929]. They had three children, Jeremy Claude (b.1930), Betsy V. (b.1932) and Simon Claude (b.1934). Isabel died on 2 November 1951.
	According to the 1939 register, married Isabel is living with Claude's father, at Trueloves in Ingatestone, and six servants. Claude is not on the register. According to his army records, Claude was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 18 September 1939. On 25 February 1942 he transferred to the General Duties Branch for flight training, reverting to the rank of Flying Officer. He was posted to 256 Squadron RAF and was killed when the plane he was piloting on a training mission collided with another in mid-air near Caernarfon, North Wales.
	Death: 31 October 1942, near Bangor, in Caernarfon, Wales, aged 41 years 255 days. [registered in Bangor, December 1942]. His address was stated as being Trueloves, Ingatestone (above left). He left effects £104,129 3s. 3d. to his widow. (£4.3m in 2014). Funeral: 6 November at St. Mary the Virgin Church in Ingatestone & Fryerning Cemetery, Essex (left).
	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Commonwealth War Graves Commission &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Attended and played football at Winchester College between 1918-20. captain in 1920. Went on to Cambridge University, and played between 1921 and 1923, captain in 1923, although did not play in the Varsity match. Played with the Corinthians from 1920 until 1934, (145 goals in 208 appearances). Also with Old Wykehamists from 1923.  Retired in 1934.
Club honours	FA Charity Shield runners-up 1927
Individual honours	FA Charity Shield (with Amateurs) runners-up 1924, winners 1925 (as captain);
Distinctions	First class cricketer with Essex CCC. Their is a plaque, unveiled on 28 April 1946, in the pavilion at Ashton Playing Fields in Woodford to commemorate the life of Claude and his father, Hubert.
Height/Weight	not known
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990],  Commonwealth War Graves Commission & ESPN Cricinfo.
England Career
Player number	One of five who became the 495th players (499) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre-forward
Only match	No. 147, 24 October 1925, Ireland 0 England 0, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 24 years 247 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1925-26;
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England Amateur (twelve appearances);
Distinctions	The twentieth foreign-born player to represent England.
Beyond England
A utility player who appeared in most positions for the Corinthians. He won Blues for hockey and cricket.  On leaving football, Ashton assisted the Beckenham hockey club and played in England trials. A chartered accountant by profession, he later worked on the Stock Exchange.  He was Squadron Leader in the RAF (auxiliary), and pilot in WW2. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.14./Commonwealth War Graves Commission

 

Claude Ashton - Match History
F.A. International Select Committee - 1 full capx
Club: Corinthians F.C. & Old Wykehamists F.C. - 1 full cap
Age 24
1	147	24 October 1925 - Ireland 0 England 0, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AD	Start	cf

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