Help with three Officers please.

[thedawnpatrol]

any further info on these 3 please:-

Lieut H J Bull RAF

2nd Lieut F R Hockney RAF

2nd Lieut F J Frape RAF 

Thank you

[thedawnpatrol]

sorry that should read Lieut H.J Ball ..............not Bull ! 

[dustydog]

https://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/pages/raf_vault.php?&RAF-titel= Ball .&RAF-initials=h.j&van=1 

 

Henry James, 17 Squadron. 

[topgun1918]

Potted biogrpahies:

Henry James Ball – born 8 March 1887.  1 School of Aeronautics 1 May 1916; Temp 2^nd Lieut on probation 8 August 1916; No 5 Reserve Squadron 26 September 1916, No 10 Reserve Squadron December 1916; Middle East January 1917; Temp Lieut 5 May 1917; 16^th Wing May 1917; Alexandria 15 January 1918; Instructors’ Course April 1918; 22 Training Squadron 25 April 1918; injured 23 July 1918 (Avro 504); to Hospital in Alexandria; died of wounds 24 July 1918.

Frederick James Frape – born 18 April 1895; to RFC as temp 2^nd Lieut (from A.V.C.) 24 March 1918; confirmed in rank 22 May 1918; Home Establishment 18 June 1918; 3 Fighting School 6 September 1918; South-East Area (44 Training Depot Station) 30 September 1918; hospital in Oxford 28 December 1918; to the Unemployed List 8 April 1919.

Frederick Raymond Hockney – born 10 April 1899; Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School 19 March 1918; No 4 Squadron 26 April 1918; General Hospital Leeds 28 April 1919; graded as Captain for pay 1 May 1919; relinquished grading in pay 3 June 1919; granted a Permanent Commission as Lieut 1 August 1919; resigned commission an allowed to retain rank of Flight Lieutenant 1 October 1920.

Graeme

[Tawhiri]

AIR 76 officer's personal records from the National Archives for all three, as well as associated casualty cards. Note that Henry James Ball appears to have two separate casualty cards that have not been linked, but the dates follow on from each other.

Henry James Ball

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8188890

https://www.casualtyforms.org/form/27314

https://www.casualtyforms.org/form/27316

Frederick James Frape

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8261397

Frederick Raymond Hockney

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8272995

https://www.casualtyforms.org/form/11239

Frederick James Frape appears to be the Frederick James Frape who's birth was registered in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire in the second quarter of 1895. By 1901 Frederick and family were living in St Paul Deptford, London, while in 1911 the family had moved further west to Southwark and Frederick was an apprentice bootmaker. Post-war he married Hilda R Bright in the third quarter of 1920 in Southwark. The death of a Frederick J Frape, aged 63, with an implied birth year of 1895 was registered in Northamptonshire in 1958.

1895 birth registration - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F3W-SJD

1895 christening record - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT96-M6F

1901 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X98L-QK4

1911 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWPN-YC3

1920 marriage registration - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:262B-GM4

1958 death registration - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC8-HQ33

The birth of a Frederick Raymond Hockney was registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire in the second quarter of 1899, while the death of a Frederick Raymond Hockney, born 10 April 1899, was registered in 1977 in Staffordshire. By 1901 Frederick and family appear to be living in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. In the 1911 census the family appears to have moved to Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Frederick was using his second name of Raymond in preference to Frederick.

1899 birth registration - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F4F-NZ1

1901 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSN3-SG6

1911 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWK4-LCB

1977 death registration - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCR-6M3L

Edited 15 January by Tawhiri

[thedawnpatrol]

Thank you all, i can't open the casualty forms for some reason ? 

looking at Henry Ball,  he was with the 16th wing in ME...........can't see a squadron mentioned ? 

again thank you all for your great help,  sadly none of them have Royal Aero Club photos..........though i do have photos of Frape in his photo album.

[Tawhiri]

Based on his birthdate and parents' names on the CWGC website, Henry James Ball is the Henry James Ball who's birth was registered in Axbridge, Somerset in the second quarter of 1887, subsequently being christened in the parish church of Banwell, Somerset on 8 May 1887. In the 1891 and 1901 England and Wales censuses the family is living in Chepstow, Gloucestershire, which is consistent with the address of his parents on the CWGC website. By 1911 Henry has moved away from home and appears to be working as a correspondence clerk in a screw works in Bordesley, Warwickshire.

1887 birth registration - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XRS-KD6

1887 christening - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D9N-W6L7

1891 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4V1X-LN2

1901 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9T5-KN3

1911 census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWZ7-WCN