Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Frederick Charles Ashworth, born 1830 in Middlesex and his wife Charlotte Ashworth (nee Blackwood, married in the 4th quarter of 1868 in St. George’s, Hanover Square, Middlesex), born 1837 in Devon. Leonard Temple was born on the 5th November 1870 in Lymington, Hampshire, he had one sibling, Guy Charles, born 1869 in Lymington, in April 1871 the family home was at Rape Hill, Boldre, Lymington. In April 1891 Leonard was serving as a Lieutenant with the Royal Artillery, and was stationed at Portsea, Hampshire. On the 28th November 1899 Leonard married Phyllis Mary Cooper in St. Paul’s Church, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Phyllis was born in 1879 in Worcester. In March 1901 Leonard was serving as a Captain with the Royal Artillery, and was residing at Belle Vue, Filton, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, his wife was residing in Hambleton, Rutland, in the family home of her father, Clement Astley Paston Cooper, a retired Army Officer, born 1846 in Hemel Hempstead and his wife Evangeline Julia Cooper, born 1855 in Surrey, also residing in the family home was Phyllis’s sister’s Monica Elizabeth Astley Cooper, born 1886 and Vera Margaret Astley Cooper, born 1881. In April 1911 Leonard’s wife was residing at 3, Ralston Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, this being the family home of her father, living on private means and her mother. Leonard first entered the theatre of war in France on the 19th August 1914, serving as a Major with the 30th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, he died of wounds in Guy’s Hospital, St. Thomas’s Street, Surrey and was buried in St. Andrew’s Churchyard, Hambleton on the 26th March 1918. Leonard was awarded the 1914 Star, British War and Victory medals.