Date de naissance: 19/03/1898

Lieu de naissance: Rainham, Essex, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Second Lieutenant

Numéro de service: /

Unités:  —  Royal Flying Corps, 48th Sqdn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 21/09/1917

Lieu de décès: Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

Cause du décès: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Âge: 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