Robert Frederic Ashby

Robert Frederic Ashby, the Librarian and Curator of Hitchin Library and Museum from 1938 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1950, has died aged 103. He was a Horsa glider pilot in WW2 who survived all three of the major European airborne landings, and ended his career as Surrey’s County Librarian. You can read his full and fascinating obituary here.