David Seymour Posted 7 December , 2007 Share Posted 7 December , 2007 Does anyone know who was the first Royal Air Force casualty? With best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted 7 December , 2007 Share Posted 7 December , 2007 The Royal Naval Air Service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 8 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2007 Does the RNAS count as a "who"? Who were the first men to be lost to the new service? Best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 8 December , 2007 Share Posted 8 December , 2007 This looks a hard question to answer. As most sources do not give time of death how do you work it out? Presumably it was someone who died on a night raid or from wounds in the wee small hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 8 December , 2007 Share Posted 8 December , 2007 heres one of probably a few Name: STONEHOUSE, RONALD Initials: R Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 101st Sqdn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 01/04/1918 Additional information: Son of Sir Edmund and Lady Stonehouse, of Wakefield. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. A. 13. Cemetery: DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 8 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2007 Point taken about the recording of times of death. So perhaps I should modify the question to ask about how many, and who, died on 01/04/1918. With best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 8 December , 2007 Share Posted 8 December , 2007 All RAF deaths 01.04.18 listed by CWGC... ADAM, ORVAL PATRICK Lieutenant BANBURY, FRED EVEREST Captain CARTER, L Air Mechanic 2nd Class 16237 GREASLEY, JOHN RICHARD Second Lieutenant HART, WILLIAM CECIL FREDERICK NICOL Lieutenant JACOB, CLAUDE GODDARD Lieutenant JOYCE, NORMAN ROY Lieutenant LANG, ALLAN Air Mechanic 2nd Class 90615 LOVELOCK, E C Corporal 407085 RICHMOND, ALLAN Air Mechanic 1st Class 94557 SPEIR, G Second Lieutenant STONEHOUSE, RONALD Lieutenant TROLLIP, DOUGLAS PRICE Lieutenant WHITFIELD, EDGAR Second Lieutenant WIGGINS, HAROLD CLAUD Second Lieutenant WILSON, CECIL KIDD Second Lieutenant WINKLEY, STANLEY H. Lieutenant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 9 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 9 December , 2007 Terry, Thank you very much. With best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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