No 80 Squadron   1917-18

No 80 Squadron RFC / RAF Personnel List of personnel in approximate order of joining (below) List of personnel killed in action or while flying or who died of wounds List of personnel taken prisoner of war List of Dominion and US personnel Awards to 80 Sqn personnel [Return to 80 Sqn] The following were the initial pilots of  80 Squadron RFC who took off from Beverley on 25 January 1918 (all dates 1918): CO  Major Victor Douglas Bell OBE (Australian) (brother of Naval 10 CO Bertram Charles Bell DFC, DSO ) A Flt Com Capt. Harold Alfred "Willy" Whistler (DSO, DFC and bar) 23 Victories (all with 80 Sqn) B Flt Com Capt. Durham Donald George Hall MC DOW 27 Mar  (succeeded by Capt. Bridgeman) C Flt Com Capt. St. Cyprian Churchill Taylor  (South African) 10 Victories (7 with 32 Sqn, 3 with 80 Sqn), KIA 17 Mar (succeeded by Capt. Preeston) 2nd Lt. Leo Kingsley Baker (DFC, CdG)  WIA 10 Aug Lt. Victor Sydney Bennett (Canadian) (CdG & Palme)    Lt. (later Capt.) Orlando Clive Bridgeman MC (promoted to Capt. as B Flight commander on 28 March) 2nd Lt. R C (Reginald Charles) Brown KIA 21 Feb Lt. A W Chadwick  WIA 25 Aug Lt. Charles Stanley Lomas Coulson  WIA 21 Mar, WIA 9 Aug Lt. D Gardiner    2nd Lt. John Leonard Holt    KIA 17 Mar Lt. Charles Edmund Maitland DFC 2nd Lt. C Miller  KIA  26 Mar 2nd Lt. Frank Joynt Milligan    DOW 13 Mar Lt. Gordon Lautre Murray  (South African) KIA 12 Apr Lt. P H Oldridge   KIFA 26 Jan  (crashed taking-off from Hitchin, Herts) Lt. John Richard Orr (Canadian) KIA 9 Aug Lt. S L H Potter  WIA 19 Feb Lt. later Capt. Reginald Ansell Preeston (CdG & Palme) (promoted to Capt. as C Flight commander on 19 March ) Lt. Horace William Russell  (DFC) POW 8 Nov Lt. Sidney Rueben Pinder  KIA 19 Feb Lt. later Capt. Hubert John Welch  (promoted to Flt Com end Sep) KIA 29 Sep 2nd Lt. Ernest Westmoreland KIA 19 Feb The following pilots were delayed a few days by technical problems and departed 26-29 January, 1918: Lt. C H Flere       POW 10 Mar Lt. Harry Reynolds Jones      KIFA 17 Mar Lt. Robert Milne Lees        KIFA 21 Mar Lt. Robert Sussex Francis Radcliff  KIA 26 Mar 2nd Lt. J J Meredith (US)  WIA POW 1 Apr 2nd Lt. E L Smithers  POW 6 Apr Lt. Willard Augustus Pell  (Canadian)   KIA 12 Apr   Other 80 Squadron Pilots serving in France: Lt. J R Paisley Lt. J R Rodgers Lt. F H Ronksley Capt. W A Forsythe    WIA  6 Apr Lt. A L Code   WIA  21 Apr Lt. Alfred William Rowdon   KIA  10 May 2nd Lt. A V Jones   WIA POW 10 May Lt. Thomas Stuart Nash   DOW 8 August 2nd Lt. George Alfred Whately (Canadian)   KIA 10 May Lt. H V Barker   WIA? 10 May 2nd Lt. Colin Graham Sutherland Shields   KIA 10 May 2nd Lt. (?A) J Patenaude   POW 19 May Lt. E J Lainchbury inj 31 May 2nd Lt. Arthur Robert Melbourne   KIA 14 Jun Lt. Percy Rex Beare (Canadian) WIA 14 Jun Lt. Owen Sidney Dunn MC (Canadian) Lt. L C Welford   7 Jun Lt. E N Ruffe missing 7 Jun Lt. A J Fitzgibbon missing 7 Jun 2nd Lt. G H Glasspoole   POW 16 Jun 2nd Lt. Burton Critchley   DOW 26 Jun 2Lt. Walter Roy Archibald (Canadian)  KIA  27 Jun Lt. Leonard Lawrence McFaul (Canadian)   KIA 10 Jul Lt. E G Hayes WIA 17 Jul 2nd Lt. Walter Alexander Hallgren (US)   WIA 25 Jul 2nd Lt. Harold Edgar Hudson   KIA 8 Aug 2nd Lt. G Wignall   POW 8 Aug Lt. Victor Maslin Yeates (ex 46 Sqn) 2nd Lt. George Smith   KWF 15 Aug (crashed into an AW FK8 over airfield) Lt. H W Phear   WIA 22 Aug 2nd Lt. Arthur Lyon Tupman   KIA 22 Aug 2nd Lt. Victor George Brindley (South African)  DOW 30 Aug Lt. F (Frederick) Chalcroft Lt. C S Scobie Lt. J I Maitland 2nd Lt. G S McCaig ? 2nd Lt. R Shelford Lt. C A Matthews 2nd Lt. E O Champagne  2nd Lt. A R Thatcher   POW 5 Sep Lt. G B Wootten    WIA 30 Oct Lt. James Andrew McGill (Canadian)   KIA 6 Sep Lt. N R McCord Lt. R A Ritchie Lt. George Harold Rogers (Canadian)  Lt. E O C Parsons 2nd Lt. O E? Watson Maj F I Tanner   (injr 14 Sep) 2nd Lt. Frederick Archibald Fairburn   KIA 23 Sep 2nd Lt. Harold (?Harry) Walker   KIA 26 Sep 2nd Lt. Robert Bramwell   KIA 29 Sep Capt. Maurice Michael Freehill Flt Com 2nd Lt. Robert Ellerton Thompson (Canadian)  KIA 1 Oct 2nd Lt. J E Jennings   POW 2 Oct 2nd Lt. John Winthrop-Andrews   KIA 4 Oct 2nd Lt. Thomas W Whitman (US)   KIA 4 Oct 2nd Lt.  O V Judkins   POW 6 Oct 2nd Lt.  H R Messenger  2nd Lt.  H P (?Henry) Sharkey  2nd Lt.  T M McIntyre  2nd Lt. R H Davison 2nd Lt. W A Hammerton ? 2nd Lt. J Lightoller 2nd Lt. W C Kinniston 2nd Lt. F Wilde 2nd Lt. Jack Hedley Waddington   KWF 22 Oct 2nd Lt. G A (?George Alfred) Hodgetts (?Canadian) 2nd Lt. H C R Grant   KIA 4 Nov Lt. Robert Clayton Fyson  2nd Lt. George Allen Muschamp 2nd Lt. G H Rogers ? Lt. (later Capt.) J Collier early Sep cbt (RAF Com)? Lt. E I Cummings (?Canadian) Lt. S V Eckert Lt. G W Hales Lt. E Jackson Lt. S R Norcott Lt. H N Price (?Canadian) 2nd Lt. J A C Randall 2nd Lt. J H Blackey Lt. J R Robbins 2nd Lt. W R Vane ? 2nd Lt. J A Spark ? 2nd Lt. J W Wells Abbreviations: KIA - killed in action, KWF - killed while flying, DOW - died of wounds, KIFA - killed in flying accident, DOI - died of injuries [Return to 80 Sqn] 37 officers killed in action, while flying, or who died from wounds (date order)  2nd Lt. Sidney Rueben Pinder  KIA 19 Feb 2nd Lt. Ernest Westmoreland KIA 19 Feb 2nd Lt. Reginald Charles Brown KIA 21 Feb 2nd Lt. Frank Jaynt Milligan   DOW 13 Mar Capt. St. Cyprian Churchill Taylor (South African)  KIA 17 Mar 2nd Lt. John Leonard Holt    KIA 17 Mar Lt. Harry Reynolds Jones   KIA 17 Mar Lt. Robert Milne Lees        KIFA 21 Mar Lt. Robert Sussex Francis Radcliffe  KIA 26 Mar 2nd Lt. C Miller  KIA  26 Mar Capt. Durham Donald George Hall MC DOW 27 Mar  Lt. Willard Augustus Pell   (Canadian)   KIA 12 Apr Lt. Gordon Lautre Murray  (South African) KIA 12 Apr Lt. Alfred William Rowdon   KIA  10 May Lt. George Alfred Whately (Canadian)   KIA 10 May 2nd Lt. Colin Graham Sutherland Shields   KIA 10 May Lt. Leonard Charles Welford  KIA 7 Jun 2nd Lt. Arthur Robert Melbourne   KIA 14 Jun 2nd Lt. Burton Critchley   DOW 26 Jun 2nd Lt. Walter Roy Archibald (Canadian)  KIA  27 Jun Lt. Leonard Lawrence McFaul (Canadian)   KIA 10 Jul 2nd Lt. Harold Edgar Hudson   KIA 8 Aug Lt. Thomas Stuart Nash   DOW 8 August Lt. John Richard Orr     KIA 9 Aug 2nd Lt. George Smith   KWF 15 Aug 2nd Lt. Arthur Lyon Tupman   KIA 22 Aug 2nd Lt. Victor George Brindley (South African)  DOW 30 Aug Lt. James Andrew McGill (Canadian)   KIA 6 Sep 2nd Lt. Frederick Archibald Fairburn   KIA 23 Sep 2nd Lt. Harold Walker   KIA 26 Sep Lt. later Capt. Hubert John Welch     KIA 29 Sep 2nd Lt. Robert Bramwell   KIA 29 Sep 2nd Lt. Robert Ellerton Thompson (Canadian)   KIA 1 Oct 2nd Lt. John Winthrop-Andrews   KIA 4 Oct 2nd Lt. Thomas W Whitman (US)   KIA 4 Oct 2nd Lt. Jack Hedley Waddington   KWF 22 Oct 2nd Lt. H C R Grant   KIA 4 Nov Links: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Canadian Virtual War Memorial American Battle Monuments website The Great War Photographic Project in co-operation with CWGC is seeking to photograph the many graves and memorials to the fallen of the First World War and subsequent wars. The intention is  to provide a photo of each on a searchable internet data base. If you are interested in helping they are looking for volunteers. Return to 80 Sqn       Return to top 11 Officers taken prisoner of war Lt. C H Flere   POW 10 Mar repatriated 14 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. J J Meredith (US)  WIA POW 1 Apr repatriated 1 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. E L Smithers  POW 6 Apr repatriated 1 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. A V Jones   WIA POW 10 May repatriated 13 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. (?A) J Patenaude   POW 19 May repatriated 1 Jan 1919 2nd Lt. G H Glasspoole   POW 16 Jun repatriated 14 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. G Wignall   POW 8 Aug repatriated 13 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. A R Thatcher   POW 5 Sep repatriated 23 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. J E Jennings   POW 2 Oct repatriated 13 Dec 1918 2nd Lt.  O V Judkins   POW 28 Sep repatriated 2 Jan 1919 Lt. H W Russell (DFC) POW 8 Nov repatriated 28 Nov 1918 Return to 80 Sqn       Return to top Dominion and US Officers serving with 80 Sqn Australian Officer OC  Major Victor Douglas Bell OBE (Australian) Canadian Officers 2Lt. Walter Roy Archibald (Canadian)  KIA  27 Jun Lt. Leonard Lawrence McFaul (Canadian)   KIA 10 Jul Lt. James Andrew McGill (Canadian)   KIA 6 Sep Lt. John Richard Orr (Canadian) KIA 9 Aug Lt. Willard Augustus Pell (Canadian)   KIA 12 Apr Lt. George Alfred Whately (Canadian)   KIA 10 May Lt. Percy Rex Beare (Canadian) WIA 14 Jun Lt. Victor Sydney Bennett (Canadian) (CdG) Lt. E I Cummings (?Canadian) Lt. Owen Sidney Dunn MC (Canadian) 2nd Lt. G A (?George Alfred) Hodgetts (?Canadian)  Lt. H N Price (?Canadian) 2nd Lt. Robert Ellerton Thompson (Canadian)  South African Officers Capt. St. Cyprian Churchill Taylor (South African)  KIA 17 Mar Lt. G L Murray (South African) KIA 12 Apr 2nd Lt. Victor George Brindley (South African)  DOW 30 Aug US Officers 2nd Lt. J J Meredith (US)  WIA POW 1 Apr 2nd Lt. W A Hallgren (US)   WIA 25 Jul 2nd Lt. Thomas W Whitman (US)   KIA 4 Oct   Return to 80 Sqn       Return to top

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