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Picture courtesy of Noonan's

MBR, Military, 1st type, HM 1919;
QSA (5) Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (11303 Cpl. R. Ashton. R.A.M.C.);
KSA (2) (11303 Serjt: R. Ashton. R.A.M.C.);
1914 Star (11303 S.Mjr. R. Ashton. R.A.M.C.);
British War Medal 1914-19 (Q.M & Capt. R. Ashton);
Victory Medal 1914-19, erased

MBE London Gazette 12 December 1919.

Robert Ashton initially served during the Boer War as a Corporal at No. 15 Stationary Hospital at Heidelberg. Equipped with 150 beds, it operated from 13 July 1900 to 31 May 1902, one of 42 Stationary Hospitals which proved instrumental in saving the lives of wounded men and those suffering from disease. Advanced Sergeant Major on 10 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 and was appointed to a commission as Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the R.A.M.C. on 5 June 1915. Advanced Captain and Quartermaster, for his valuable service as part of the British Salonica Force he was created a MBE in 1919.