# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-ashworth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:22:30.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-ashworth"
name: "James Ashworth"
slug: "james-ashworth"
description: "Lance Corporal James Thomas Duane Ashworth was a British soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was killed in Afghanistan on 13 June 2012 as he led his fire team in an attack on an enemy-held compound. The award was gazetted on 22 March 2013, having been confirmed by the British Army earlier in the week. Ashworth is the 14th recipient of the award since the end of the Second World War."
tagline: "English soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (1989-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lance_Corporal_James_Ashworth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1989-05-26"
deathDate: "2012-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.99
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.013310666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ashworth"
    title: "James Ashworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB"
    title: "جيمس أشورث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB"
    title: "جيمس اشورث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Джеймс Ашворт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Ашворт, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ashworth"
    title: "James Ashworth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16019285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump