We remember Wilfrid Allan Fleming

We remember Wilfrid Allan Fleming

Timeline

Timeline

1891
birth Pakokku Myanmar Source:8965168 Source:8965200 1891
1910
service British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:8965168 1910
1911
dates Age 20 Source:8965200 1911
1911
location North Tidworth, Andover, Hampshire United Kingdom military residence address Source:8965200 1911
1915
awards Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration Source:8965168 1915
1915
awards Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration Source:8965168 June 1915
1917
marriage Dorothy Norma Paterson Fleming nee Fairlie Source:8965241 1917
1917
service Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 56 Squadron Source:8965168 July 1917 - 10th August 1917
1917
dates Age 26 Source:8965168 10th August 1917
1917
missing Eventually confirmed that he had been killed in action on 10/08/17. Source:8965168 10th August 1917 - January 1918
education Harrow School Harrow-on-the-Hill United Kingdom Source:8965168
service British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:8965168
location La Haule, Jersey, Channel Islands Jersey their own address Source:8965168
1917
death Killed in Action Flying an SE5 scout on patrol, he was killed during a fight with Albatros scouts. East of Ypres Belgium Source:8965168 10th August 1917
burial Harlebeke New British Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Shot down behind the German lines, he was buried in Ledeghem German Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, in German Grave No. 727. Burials from here were concentrated to Harlebeke in 1924. Belgium XIV. D. 11. Source:8965207

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Wilfrid Allan
Initials WA
Last Name Fleming,
Source 8965207
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
La Haule, Jersey, Channel Islands Jersey their own address
North Tidworth, Andover, Hampshire United Kingdom military residence address known 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion Lieutenant
British Army Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion Captain
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56 Squadron Captain
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
MC British Award/Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) British Award/Decoration
Military Cross (MC) British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Lila Fleming mother
Allan Stopford Fleming father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Dorothy Norma Paterson Fleming nee Fairlie wife 1917

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Andrew43023
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Andrew43023
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Andrew43023
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Andrew43023
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription Andrew43023

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Chagford War Memorial 1914-1918 Andrew43023
Personals: Married and to be Married Andrew43023

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