bushfighter Posted 5 January , 2008 Share Posted 5 January , 2008 Remembering Today features F/463 Petty Officer Mechanic Joseph Charles Layborn Bewley who served in a Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Squadron in East Africa. Above is an image of his grave in Nairobi South Cemetery, Kenya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushfighter Posted 5 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2008 Here is an image of one of the Armoured Cars that Joseph Bewley worked on, taken in the bush near Serengeti west of Maktau and east of Taveta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 5 January , 2008 Share Posted 5 January , 2008 Name: BEWLEY, JOSEPH CHARLES LAYBORN Initials: J C L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Air Service Unit Text: H.M.S. "President." Armoured Car Sqdn. (East Africa). Age: 27 Date of Death: 05/01/1916 Service No: F/463 Additional information: Son of Henrietta Bewley, of 5, Queen St., Derby, and the late H. T. L. Bewley. One of seven sons who served. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 12. Cemetery: NAIROBI SOUTH CEMETERY His service register is online; he joined in 1914 but did not receive the 1914 Star. Name Bewley, Joseph Charles Layborn Official Number: F463 Place of Birth: Derby Date of Birth: 14 October 1887 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=1 Rest in Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 6 January , 2008 Share Posted 6 January , 2008 In Airmen Died his cause of death is shown as pneumonia. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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