Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6700414

Reference: AIR 79

Title: British RAF Airmen 1912-1919

Description: Warrant Officers, non-commissioned officers and airmen in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1912 and 1919. The record set contains records of more than 300,000 airmen, who were born in over 30 countries.

UPP: GBM/AIR79/14064

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8768563

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/1045177

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 8768564

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: BMD/D/1918/3/AZ/000509/113

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8768566

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/02522/0047/3

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8768567

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: BMD/B/1889/2/AZ/000331/330

Additional: New Cross, London

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9276097

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: BMD/M/1913/1/AZ/000529/107

Additional: Matches name, name of spouse and year of marriage.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9276268

Name: Camberwell - WW1 (WMR 12582)

Title: Memorial

Description: Kellers, A.C. Gender Male War First World War (1914-1918) Service number 120456 Primary Service (as stated on memorial) Service: Air Force (RFC/RAF) Rank: Private Unit: Royal Air Force Primary Service (IWM reference) Service: Air Force (RFC/RAF) Death and burial details Age: 29 Date: 1918-07-04

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1023698
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Additional: Matches name, service number, unit and date of death.

Source information

ID: 9276348

Title: RAF_Rates_Of_Pay_1918

Description: Air Force Memorandum No 1, dated 1st March 1918, publishes the official ranks of the Royal Air Force, and importantly, the rates of pay for those ranks. It stipulates the entry grade for a non-Technical airman is a Private 2nd Class. It can be accessed online at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1918/1918%20-%200317.html

Connected by: Keith1947

Additional: Appendix IIa Pay of [Air]men1. The Rates of Pay of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the various branches of the Air Force are as shown in the attached table.

Source information

ID: 9276357

Reference: gbm_rafnom

Title: Royal Air Force Muster Roll 1918 Transcription

Connected by: Keith1947

UPP: GBM/RAFNOM/00120509

Additional: Being a baker by trade, he was employed as a cook. He was mustered in the RFC as an Air Mechanic 3rd Classon 18 Feb 1918, and was retitled as a Private 2nd Class on 1 April 1918. Being of this rank, his pay rate is 1s 6d, which is confirmed by Air Force Memorandum No 1, dated 1st March 1918.

Credit: © Ted Beard and Kevin Asplin

Source information

ID: 9276382

Name: AIR 1/819/204/4/1316

Title: RAF Muster roll transcription - within volume 2

Description: Hosted by the RAF Museum Storyvault

Connected by: Keith1947

URL: http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/pages/raf_vault.php?&RAF-titel=Kellars&van=1
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Additional: Being a baker by trade, he was employed as a cook. He was mustered in the RFC as an Air Mechanic 3rd Class on 18 Feb 1918, and was retitled as a Private 2nd Class on 1 April 1918. Being of this entry level rank, his pay rate is 1s 6d, which is confirmed by Air Force Memorandum No 1, dated 1st March 1918.

Source information

ID: 9276383

Title: RAF emblem

Description: RAF emblem on a CWGC headstone

Connected by: Keith1947

Source information

ID: 9276519

Title: CWGC entry

Description: Partial screenshot of the webpage showing Private 2nd Class Kellers's entry in the CWGC database.

Connected by: Keith1947