Service Details
Name:
MALET
Given Name:
FRANCIS ARTHUR RIVERS
Initials:
F A R
Rank:
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
Royal Naval Air Service
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Unit:
Dunkirk NAS
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Former Regiment:
formerly 48th Highlanders of Canada & RE
Date of Death:
1916-11-12
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Date of Birth:
1892-11-23
Age:
23
Cause of Death:
Died in accident, UK
Additional
Information:
Son of Herbert Rivers Malet and Violet Emma Matilda Malet, of The Nest, Ferry Road, Felixstowe. Born Calcutta, India. Educated in South Africa and King’s School, Worcester. He entered the firm of Messrs. Green, ship engineers, and afterwards went to Cornwall for marine salvage work, and became a member of the Cornwall Fortress R.E. Going to British Columbia in 1913 for salvage work, he joined the Canadian Naval Forces, but on war breaking out he enlisted in the 48th Highlanders of Canada as a motor cyclist, and served in Lord Brooke's Brigade. Transferred to the Navy owing to his knowledge of engines and motors. He qualified as a pilot, and was sent to Dunkirk, where he had many successful fights and flights. Recently he dropped in the North Sea, and was rescued by a destroyer, and on another occasion he put to rout a big aeroplane which had greater speed and armament than his own. On Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Kings School Memorial, Worcester Kings School WW1 Memorial, Worcester Guildhall and Worcester Kings School Malet Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
United Kingdom
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Locality:
Kent
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Cemetery:
GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
Naval. 23. 1196.

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