thedawnpatrol Posted 16 February , 2022 Share Posted 16 February , 2022 Hi i have the medals of 2nd Lt Spencer and his Death Plaque, but there is no record of him on the CWGC website ? Any ideas ? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 16 February , 2022 Share Posted 16 February , 2022 https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?Surname=spencer&SurnameExact=true&Forename=&ForenameExact=true&Initials=T+K&InitialsExact=true&ServiceNum=&Regiment=&WarSelect=1&CountryCommemoratedIn=null&Cemetery=&Unit=&Rank=&SecondaryRegiment=&AgeOfDeath=0&DateDeathFromDay=1&DateDeathFromMonth=January&DateDeathFromYear=&DateDeathToDay=1&DateDeathToMonth=January&DateDeathToYear=&DateOfDeath=&Honours=null&AdditionalInfo= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 16 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 February , 2022 Thank you Kath i tried typing in Spencer several times ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 (edited) There is a T K Spencer buried at Turlincthun died 24 8 18. RAF casualty cards shows Thomas Knight Spencer died on that date of natural causes and Halifax Guardian states died during operatoin 14th General Hospital Wimeraux. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4027300/t-k-spencer/ http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/spencer-t.k Is this your man? Edited 17 February , 2022 by ilkley remembers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 RAF Casualty Card (Person) is here:- http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/7000258920-spencer-t.k.-thomas-knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 Died of accute appendicitis and was buried by the Rev AM Machen. "Casualty Forms - Form" https://www.casualtyforms.org/form/22845 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 (edited) He seems to have been injured in UK 27/1/18 which incapacitated him for a while until 25/3/18 after which he gained his aviator's certificate on 24/4/18. After a spell at 89 sqdn and no3 Fighting School he went to France as a Camel pilot on 3/8/18 only to end up in hospital a short time afterwards where he died. Service record here on Findmypast "British Royal Air Force, Officers' Service Records 1912-1920 Image | findmypast.co.uk" https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FAIR76%2F477%2F0%2F0490&parentid=GBM%2FAIR76%2F84963 He has another file at National Archives but not digitised, under ref. WO339/89256 Edited 17 February , 2022 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 (edited) A photo on his aero certificate here at Ancestry. "Ancestry.co.uk - Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950" https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1283/images/31032_A200039-00042?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=8997 And the card that goes with it "Ancestry.co.uk - Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950" https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1283/images/31032_A200019-00991?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=8997 Edited 17 February , 2022 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 His name is in the County Borough of Halifax Book of Remembrance and he is named on the Lloyds Bank War Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 17 February , 2022 Share Posted 17 February , 2022 The operation appears to have taken place around the 14th August 1918. His father visited him hospital telegraphed reports about his good recovery until the 22nd when he described his son as being in a grave condition after the onset of peritonitis which presumably was the cause of death on the 24th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 27 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 October , 2022 has anyone got any further information on this officer, the CWGC states he was attached to the 2nd Aircraft Engine Depot, and died on 24th August 1918.............any further info would be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 27 October , 2022 Share Posted 27 October , 2022 (edited) Your prev thread on this man https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/296217-death-plaque-but-no-mention-on-cwgc/#comment-3096608 ...on which I note several replies you have perhaps overlooked?? Charlie Edited 27 October , 2022 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted 27 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 October , 2022 ah, yes, sorry i did miss those excellent replies, forgive me. thank you to all who added some very interesting information............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 October , 2022 Admin Share Posted 27 October , 2022 Duplicate threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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