Service Details
Name:
 BLYTH
Given Name:
 EDWARD JOHN
Initials:
 E J
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 19th Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-03-26
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Date of Birth:
 1895-11-30
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin #C3793, during a low patrol, last seen going down in flames
Additional
Information:
Son of Mary Elizabeth Blyth, of 28 High Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg. On war memorial for King Edward VII School, Johannesburg. His brother Wilfred Ernest Hill Blyth also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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