David Earley Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 (edited) As part of my researches into Lieutenant Stanley James Young, who was killed at Stamford on 23 December 1917 following an aerial condition, I need help understanding his career path. As the above extract from his records at TNA show, he was appointed Second Lieutenant on 22 July 1916 and sent to Christ's Church College, Oxford for instruction. If I'm reading it correctly, his service record shows that he joined 27RS (Reserve squadron?) on 22/8/1916 and then, on 4/10/1916 was transferred to 28 Squadron at RAF Gosport. He was promoted to Flying Officer on 8/2/1917 and a week later transferred to EF18 (Expeditionary Force?) squadron. On 29/8/1917 he was transferred to "Home establishment". What does that mean? On 3/10/1917 he joined a Testing Squadron. What was that? I can't decipher what happened next, on the various dates in October 1917. Can someone enlighten me? Does that say 9 Training squadron? The last entry refers to his death. What are the words before Stamford? His casualty card also has the same two words before the word "Stamford". His obituary on his school website says that he "served in France as Flying Officer for 8 months". Is that consistent with the above documents? If I'm reading all this correctly, it looks to me that he was in France from 14/2/1917 to 29/8/1917.i.e 6½ months. I would be most grateful for any help in understanding all this? Thanks David Edited 7 June , 2019 by David Earley typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nieuport11 Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 His movement card whilst in France is here: https://www.casualtyforms.org/form/26847 which just confirms the AIR 76 record above 27 Reserve Sq were based at Gosport as were 28Sq (Fort Rowner) EF is the Expeditionary Force in France 18Sq were based at Bertangles in Feb 1917, moving to Baizieux 25.5.17 and La Bellvue 10.7.17 They initially operated the FE2b, getting the DH4 in Jun 1917 Home Establishment is England Before Stamford is just the telegraphic address from where the telegram was received - Tele Aero Stamford 9 Training Squadron were at Norwich 1 Training Depot Station was at Stamford, where he became assistant instructor He was killed in a mid air collision with 2Lt Lewington in DH6 B2656 And he was in France for 6 1/2 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nieuport11 Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 (edited) I believe the Testing Squadron was at Martlesham Heath from January 1917 (originally Upavon) and was led by Hugh Dowding at one stage It became the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment ET Brigade is presumably Experimental and Testing Brigade? Edited 7 June , 2019 by nieuport11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Earley Posted 7 June , 2019 Author Share Posted 7 June , 2019 Thanks - that’s very helpful. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quemerford Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 ETB = Eastern Training Brigade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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