Elsie who he described as "the loveliest Wren in the British Legion". The couple met at their training base in the Isle of Man and went on to have two sons and five grandchildren.
Hilary Brown, organiser of Alexandra High School's veterans club, where he would attend once a month, said: "He was an absolutely lovely man with a fabulous sense of humour, and was very popular with the children.
"He was a wonderful story teller and a very good poet. He could actually recite them from the top of his head."
from Express and Star: Arnhem veteran Cyril Ashley dies, aged 97
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