103 Squadron RAF           1918

Personnel No 103 Squadron RAF 1918   Squadron HQ & Flt Cdrs Aircrew Dominion and US Officers Commanding Officers Maj. Edward Newman Fuller (posted 23 Sep) Maj. Michael Henry Braddon Nethersole DSO Recording Officers Lt. Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant   Lt. Henry Broome Durley Grazebrook (posted 23 Sep) Lt George Rustin Shibley (Canadian) (posted 28 Aug) Armament Officer Lt. Draper Ottewell Equipment Officer 2nd Lt. William R Tuddenham Branch Intelligence Officer 2nd Lt. Arthur Basil Creighton Flight Commanders Capt. Kenneth Townley Dowding A Flt (19 May to 14 Aug) Capt. Donald McKenzie Darroch A Flt? (out 23 Oct) Lt. Joel Gordon Hirst Chrispin DFC A Flt (Oct-Nov) Capt. Henry Turner B Flt (19 May - 5 Jun KIA) Capt. Alan Harper Curtis B Flt (5 June - 2 Aug) Capt. John Austin Sparks DFC B Flt (Aug - 29 Sep) Capt. Roy Edward Dodds DFC B Flt (in 30 Sep) Capt. Isaac Wyper Leiper C Flt? (posted 22 Aug) Capt. John Stevenson Stubbs DFC C Flt (posted 8 Nov) Capt. Ronald W Jackson Pilot (in 8 Nov)   No 103 Squadron Aircrew Lt. Victor William Allen MC, MM (South African) Observer DOI 9 Jun 1918 Sgt. J Anderson WIA POW Cpl. Oliver Holden Armitage DOI 26 Oct 1918 (following crash on 25 Oct) 2nd Lt. Sam William Atkinson Observer Capt. Frank Alsager Ayrton Pilot POW Lt. Gilbert Gunn Bannerman Observer  2nd Lt. Charles John Bayly Pilot (Canadian) WIA 2nd Lt. Herbert Glover Bennett Pilot Lt. James Murray Brown Pilot (Canadian) AMI James Edward Buffery Observer 2nd Lt. Geoffrey Butters Observer Lt. John Glen Carey Pilot POW 4 Nov 2nd Lt. Samuel Edward Carson Pilot KIA 20 Jul 1918 Lt. John Kingham Clarke Observer KIA 22 Jul 1918 2nd Lt. William Holland Cole  Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. Irving Benfield Corey DFC Observer (Canadian) 6 Victories 2nd Lt. Henry Seward Crees WIA 27 Sep Lt. Joel Gordon Hirst Chrispin DFC Pilot Capt. Alan Harper Curtis Pilot OC B Flt Lt. David Dewar Dall Observer (Canadian) 2nd Lt. Charles Cannon Dance Observer 6 Victories Capt. Donald McKenzie Darroch Pilot (Canadian) WIA 25 Oct 2nd Lt. Douglas Davenport Observer KIA 24 Sep 1918 [apptd 2nd Lt. Observer 10 Jul 1918] 2nd Lt. Joe Davison Observer  2nd Lt. Gerald Alfred Davis Observer Capt. Roy Edward Dodds DFC Pilot (US)(OC B Flt) 7 Victories Capt. Kenneth Townley Dowding Pilot OC A Flt Sgt. H Driver Pilot 2nd Lt. George Louis Peter Drummond Observer WIA POW 2nd Lt. Robert Henry Dunn Pilot POW 9 Jul Lt. Arthur Edward Durling  Observer 2nd Lt. William Bernard Hutton Eaton Observer 2nd Lt. Charles Ewart Eddy Observer (South African) 5 victories WIA 30 Aug 2nd Lt. Bertram Edward Essex Observer Lt. John William Gardener Observer Sgt. Harry Seys Garnett Pilot Sgt Cyril Reginald Haigh Pilot Sgt. J W Haines Pilot 2nd Lt. Wilfred Mark Hall Observer Lt. Charlton Hallawell Pilot Sgt. J Hamilton Observer MIA (16 Jun) 2nd Lt. Cyril George Harding Observer (died) 2nd Lt. Trevor Emlyn Ockwell Hawkins Observer KIA 20 Jul 1918 Lt. Carl Hastings Heebner Pilot (Canadian) KIA 24 Sep 1918 Lt. William Rowland Henderson Observer Lt. Geoffrey Bruce Hett DFC Pilot Lt. Herbert Richard Herbert (Canadian?) inj airfield accident 2nd Lt. Francis Kirkman Heywood Pilot 2nd Lt. Harold Eagar Hinchcliffe POW 9 Jul 2nd Lt. Sidney Hirst Pilot KIA 16 Jun 1918 Sgt. Sydney Hookway Observer KIA  Lt. Cyril Thomas Houston Pilot KIA 22 Jul 1918 Sgt. Horace Huckle 2nd Lt. John Meirion Hughes Observer KIA 16 Jun 1918 2nd Lt. Humphrey Dight Humphreys Pilot 2nd Lt. Charles Herbert Huntley Observer Capt. Ronald W Jackson Pilot 2nd Lt. Beaven Pendleton Jenkins Observer POW/DOW at Aachen 20 Oct 1918 Lt. Frederick Rice Knight Observer (Canadian) 2nd Lt. Herbert Lansdale Observer POW 30 Oct Lt. Isaac Wyper Leiper Pilot Lt. Michael Solomon Lewin Pilot (South African) 2nd Lt. Joseph Allan Lisle Observer Lt. Frank Masterman Loly DFC Observer WIA 25 Oct 2nd Lt. Duncan Colin MacDonald Observer (pilot) POW 4 Nov 2nd Lt. Leslie Weston Marchant Pilot 2nd Lt. William Sime Marshall WIA 2nd Lt. David James Cargill (Jock) McCowan Pilot Lt. Wilfred Raworth McGee Pilot KIA 12 Jun 1918 Sgt. James McKie Pilot KIA 7 Oct 1918 Sgt. W J McNeill Pilot  2nd Lt. Victor Mercer-Smith Pilot WIA POW 2nd Lt. Paul Dury Mitton Maj Michael Henry Braddon Nethersole DSO Pilot CO   2nd Lt. John James Nicholls Observer DOW 30 Oct 1918 2nd Lt. Kenneth Nixon WIA Lt. Hugh Clobery Noel Pilot KIA 24 Sep 1918 Sgt. Leonard Cecil Ovens Observer POW  2nd Lt. Robert Emrys Owen Observer KIA 18 Sep 1918 2nd Lt. Stanley Robert Payne Observer Lt. Thomas Martin Phillips Pilot KIA 18 Sep 1918 2nd Lt. A Leon A Maurice Pitot Observer DOW inj on landing ? 8 Oct 1918 Lt. Claude Alden Posey (Canadian) Pilot Lt. Donald Eustace Preece Observer 2nd Lt. John Henry Reynolds Lt. James Lewis Roberts 2nd Lt. Harold Torbron Gordon Robey Observer inj (17 May 1918) 2nd Lt. Joseph Yates Round Observer WIA Lt. John Bernard Russell DFC Observer (Canadian) WIA 29 Sep 2nd Lt. Edward Albert Slater Observer 2nd Lt. John Henry Smith KWF 9 Jul 1918 Sgt. Arthur Shepherd Pilot Lt. Frank Herman Sillem pilot Sgt. Cecil Stanley Silvester Pilot POW 30 Oct 2nd Lt. Thomas Harrison Souter Observer, KIFA fell out 4 Jul 1918 Capt. John Austin Sparks DFC Pilot WIA 29 Sep Sgt. Eric Gordon Stevens Observer 2nd Lt. Henry Guy Stirrup Observer WIA (inj in crash 12 Aug) Lt. Edward Robert Stranger Pilot Capt. John Stevenson Stubbs DFC Pilot (OC C Flt) 11 victories Lt. Sidney Woodward Taylor Pilot 2nd Lt. Percy Stuart Tennant Pilot (Canadian) WIA POW  Lt. Donald Makenson Tomlinson Observer Lt. Percival Ernest Thomas Pilot 2nd Lt. Henry (Harry) Thompson Observer KIA 12 Jun 1918 Capt. Henry Turner Pilot KIA 5 Jun 1918 Lt. Bernard Augustine Tussaud Observer (ex Gloucs R) Lt. Albert Edward Tyrrell Pilot Lt. Eric Appleyard Wadsworth Observer Sgt. Ernest James William Watkinson DFM Observer Lt. Lowell Kahler Weaver (USAS) Pilot 2nd Lt. George Webb Observer KIA 5 Jun 1918 2nd Lt. George Watt Webster Observer Sgt. W J Westcott Observer Lt. John Harold Whitham (Canadian) Pilot Sgt. William Harold White Pilot KWF 25 Oct 1918 (crashed on aerodrome with Cpl Armitage) Lt. Charles John Willcox Pilot Lt. William Nichol Wilson Pilot Lt. Edwin Arthur Windridge Pilot KIA 9 Jun 1918 2nd Lt. Tom Ormston Wrightson Observer WIA   Abbreviations: KIA - killed in action, KWF - killed while flying, DOW - died of wounds, KIFA - killed in flying accident, DOI - died of injuries Sources: RAF Communiqués; "Airmen died in the Great War 1914-18 Roll of Honour" by Chris Hobson; CWGC; "Above the War Fronts" by Franks, Guest & Alegi;  "Canadian Airmen and the First World War" by S F Wise. Dominion and US Officers Canadian  2nd Lt. Charles John Bayly Pilot (Canadian) WIA Lt. James Murray Brown Pilot (Canadian) 2nd Lt. Irving Benfield Corey DFC Observer (Canadian) 6 Victories Lt. David Dewar Dall Observer (Canadian) Capt. D M Darroch Pilot (Canadian) WIA Lt. Carl Hastings Heebner Pilot (Canadian) KIA Lt. Frederick Rice Knight Observer (Canadian) Lt. John Bernard Russell DFC Observer (Canadian)  2nd Lt. Percy Stuart Tennant Pilot (Canadian) WIA POW Lt. J H Whitam (Canadian)  South African Lt. Victor William Allen MC, MM (South African) Observer DOI 2nd Lt. Charles Ewart Eddy Observer (South African) 5 victories Lt. Michael Solomon Lewin Pilot (South African) US Capt. Roy Edward Dodds DFC Pilot (US) 7 Victories Lt. Lowell Kahler Weaver (USAS) Pilot In memory of the 30 No 103 Squadron RAF personnel killed on active service Lt. Victor William Allen MC, MM (South African) Observer DOI Cpl. Oliver Holden Armitage DOI (crash) Pte. Lawrence Alfred Atkinson Observer KIA 2nd Lt. Samuel Edward Carson Pilot KIA Lt. John Kingham Clarke Observer KIA  2nd Lt. William Holland Cole  Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. Douglas Davenport Observer KIA 2nd Lt. Trevor Emlyn Ockwell Hawkins Observer KIA  Lt. Carl Hastings Heebner Pilot (Canadian) KIA 2nd Lt. Sidney Hirst Pilot KIA Sgt. Sydney Hookway Observer KIA  AMII William Horton KIA Lt. Cyril Thomas Houston Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. John Meirion Hughes Observer KIA 2nd Lt. Beaven Pendleton Jenkins Observer POW/DOW Lt. Wilfred Raworth McGee Pilot KIA Sgt. James McKie Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. John James Nicholls Observer DOW  Lt. Hugh Clobery Noel Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. Robert Emrys Owen Observer KIA  Lt. Thomas Martin Phillips Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. A Leon A Maurice Pitot Observer DOW  AMII William Smith Rankin KIA 2nd Lt. John Henry Smith KWF 2nd Lt. Thomas Harrison Souter Observer, KIFA fell out 2nd Lt. Henry Thompson KIA  Capt. Henry Turner Pilot KIA 2nd Lt. George Webb KIA  Sgt. William Harold White Pilot KWF (crash) Lt. Edwin Arthur Windridge Pilot KIA Abbreviations: KIA - killed in action, KWF - killed while flying, DOW - died of wounds, KIFA - killed in flying accident, DOI - died of injuries 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. 13 Officers and NCOs taken prisoner of war Sgt. J Anderson WIA POW Capt. Frank Alsager Ayrton Pilot POW 16 Sep 1918 repatriated 18 Dec 1918 Lt. John Glen Carey Pilot POW 4 Nov 1918 repatriated 27 Nov 1918 2nd Lt. George Louis Peter Drummond Observer WIA POW 2 Nov 1918 repatriated 10 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. Robert Henry Dunn Pilot POW 9 Jul 1918 repatriated 17 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. Harold Eagar Hinchcliffe POW 9 Jul 1918 repatriated 17 Dec 1918 2nd Lt. Beaven Pendleton Jenkins Observer POW/DOW 16 Aug 1918 died at Aachen 20 Oct 1918 2nd Lt. Herbert Lansdale Observer POW 31 Oct 1918 repatriated 23 Jan 1919 2nd Lt. Duncan Colin MacDonald Observer POW 4 Nov 1918 repatriated 27 Nov 1918 2nd Lt. Victor Mercer-Smith Pilot WIA POW 16 Jun 1918 repatriated 13 Dec 1918 Sgt. Leonard Cecil Ovens Observer POW Sgt. Cecil Stanley Silvester Pilot POW 2nd Lt. Percy Stuart Tennant Pilot (Canadian) WIA POW 2 Nov 1918 repatriated 31 Dec 1918   Awards and citations of 103 Squadron Officers List of 103 Squadron Ground Staff

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