Lt
Herbert Cecil Ainger
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 27/03/1895 |
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Place of birth: Sparsholt, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Engineering student |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lieutenant |
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Service number: / |
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Enlistment date: 29.09.1914 |
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Enlistment place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Royal Flying Corps, 19th Sqdn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 04/10/1917 |
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Cause of death: Missing in action |
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Age: 22 |
Memorial
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Arras Flying Services Memorial Panel: B.1 |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place |
My story
On the 4th of October 1917, Lieutenant Herbert Cecil Ainger's plane went missing. Later, a message was dropped by a German aeroplane stating that Lieutenant Ainger was dead. Exactly what and where it happened remains unclear. Herbert Cecil Ainger is remembered at Arras Flying Service Memorial.
Sources 1
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" The sky their battlefield. Air fighting and the complete list of allied air casualties from enemy action in the First WarBritish, Commonwealth, and United States Air Services 1914 to 1918 ", Henshaw T., London, 1995, pg. 234. Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/738273 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=c73dbf9b-d93e-467c-b1d1-40a8b78202f1 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/661962 |