serviceyears laterwork branch death_date death_place birth_place unit awards honorific_suffix battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
1877 - 1889 postman 23px british army 21 february 1913 whitwick , leicestershire newmarket , suffolk royal fusiliers 30px victoria cross vc second anglo-afghan war 1859 whitwick cemetery private thomas elsdon ashford vc.jpg thomas ashford
 thomas elsdon ashford
thomas ashford

thomas elsdon ashford -lrb- 1859 -- 21 february 1913 -rrb- was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces .
