RaySearching Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 Second Lieutenant LEICESTER P. SIDNEY K.R.R.CAttached 29th Squadron Royal Flying CorpsKilled 2nd October 1917 Has anybody any further info on the circumstances of 2nd Lt Sidney's death The following is from Flight Global Second Lieutenant LEICESTER P. SIDNEY, K.R.R.C, attached R.F.C., was reported missing on October 2nd, and has since been reported killed, aged 24. He was educated at the City of London School, whence he proceeded to the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, where, by special permission of the Governing Board, he studied in the testing laboratories, under Dr. Stanton, and in the metallurgical laboratories, under Dr. Rosenhain. On leaving Teddington, he spent a year in iron and steel analysis with Mr. F. W. Harbord, and afterwards served for some time in the fitting and pattern shops of the Ebbw Vale Iron, Steel, and Coal Company, When the war broke out he was in the service of Bell Brothers, Middlesbrough, as metallurgist. He enlisted in the first month of the War in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, in which regiment he was given a commission in January ,1915. After serving about 18 months in the trenches, and for some time at home, he transferred to the R.F.C., and was serving, at the time of his death, as an observer I cannot find a casualty card for him in the vault His service record on FMP just says reported missing Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 This would appear to be the pilot of his aircraft, killed the same day, 29 Sqdn., next grave to L. P. Sidney in Harlebeke New British Cemetery. There may be more information about the loss of the aircraft in the pilot's obituary. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/486227/MACANDREW,%20COLIN%20GEEN%20ORR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topgun1918 Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 He served in No 57 Squadron and was killed with his pilot, Colin Geen Orr MacAndrew, on 2 October 1917 while flying D.H.4 A7581. No 57 Squadron lost three "Fours" on that date, the others being 2nd Lt C G Crane (Pow) & 2nd Lt William Logan Inglis (Kia) in D.H.4 A7583 and 2nd Lt Clifford Richard Brice Halley (Kia) + 1/AM Thomas Joseph Barlow (Kia) in D.H.4 A7451. They were likely victims of Jasta 18 who claimed three D.H.4s in combat over Roulers - Oblt Rudolf Berthold claimed one as his 28th victory, Ltn d R Richard Runge claimed another as his 8th victory and Ltn Walther F Kleffel claimed a third as his first victory before himself being severely wounded, probably being the victim of Capt D S Hall & 2nd Lt E P Hartigan in D.H.4 A7568. No 29 Squadron suffered no casualties on 2 October 1917 and was flying single-seat Nieuport scouts at that time. Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 27 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2016 Graeme Many thanks for your detailed reply much appreciated Regards Ray Harry thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nieuport11 Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 There are casualty cards in the Vault: http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/sidney-l.p.-leicester-philip They were bombing Abeele aerodrome when intercepted over Roulers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 28 May , 2016 Author Share Posted 28 May , 2016 nieuport11 Thanks for the links for the casualty cards and the additional info for some unknown reason the cards did not show up when I searched Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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