Born in
Ancona, Italy, he was
commissioned in the artillery in 1891. For several years before WW1 he was a
senior instructor at Modena Military Academy. Throughout the war he held
fighting commands and in June 1916 commanded an Allied artillery force that
repelled an Austrian attack. By the end of WW1, he was a much-decorated colonel
and in 1924 became head of the Military Schools service. By 1933 he was a major
general and Deputy Commander General of the Italian artillery. By 1937 Ascoli
was a lieutenant general and army corps commander. With the introduction of
anti-Jewish legislation of 1938 he had to leave the Italian army. In WW2 he
joined the partisans and was killed fighting the Germans.
