Date of birth: 19/03/1898

Place of birth: Rainham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Service number: /

Units:  —  Royal Flying Corps, 48th Sqdn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 21/09/1917

Place of death: Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Age: 19

On 21 September 1917, pilot Second Lieutenant Ralph Curtis and his observer Second Lieutenant Desmond Uniacke engaged in aerial combat with pilot Hermann Göring, commander of Jasta 27, over Sleyhage, near Roeselare, West Flanders, also known as Roulers. Curtis was piloting Bristol F.2b (A7224). At 09:05, their Bristol Fighter was shot down by Göring.[12] Uniacke was captured and became a prisoner of war, and Curtis died that day in a German dressing station from the wounds that he had sustained in the combat.[4] Curtis was initially interred at Hooglede Ost German Military Cemetery in Hooglede, West Flanders.[13][14] In 1924, his remains were transferred to Harlebeke New British Cemetery in Harelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/485920

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=7809fdcc-0ab4-4d6b-a101-e2664e215256

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6680300