Ashmore was commissioned into the
Royal Artillery on 3 January 1984. After seeing active service during the
Iraq War, he became Colonel Army Plans in December 2004, Commander Royal Artillery for
3rd (UK) Division in July 2007 and Director Plans at
Army Headquarters in July 2009 before becoming Director Strategic Asset-Management and Programme Team at the
Defence Infrastructure Organisation in September 2011. He went on to be
Military Secretary in March 2015 and, additionally,
General Officer, Scotland, in July 2015. He was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 31 October 2003 for his service during the
Iraq War and
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours. ==References==