RFC serviceman query

[Brian104]

Hello,

On a death certificate for George Henry FURNEAUX, it has under his rank as, Corporal 1 A.D. Does it mean that he was at No.1 Air Depot at St. Omer, France.

Thank you,

Brian104

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Welcome to the forum Brian,

Yes it does.

This is his entry on the Commonwealth Wargraves Commission site:

Name: FURNEAUX, GEORGE HENRY

Initials: G H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Corporal

Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps

Date of Death: 04/01/1918

Service No: 8183

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: V. C. 69.

Cemetery: DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1

If you have access to Ancestry you can view a copy of his Medal Index Card; here are the details from the UK Natioal Archives site:

Medal card of Furneaux, George H

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Flying Corps 8183 Corporal

Royal Flying Corps 8183 Corporal

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...;resultcount=69

He joined in 1915, probably went overseas in the same year, qualifying for a 1914-15 Star trio; and might have papers in the RAF service records AIR 79/106. There are original documents held at the UKNA at Kew, not online. If you post in the 'war in the air' sub forum you may get aditional responses.