Service Details
Name:
 ROBERTON
Given Name:
 JAMES LESLIE
Initials:
 J L
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 25th Sqdn. and 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1916-09-06
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Date of Birth:
 1894-09-07
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, FE2b #5238, patrolling the lines, he was shot down in flames near Loos with its gunner (Pilot jumped)
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert Hopkins and Mary Louisa Roberton, of Stoke Golding Lodge, Nuneaton, Leicestershire. Studied farming in South Africa at Rhodesian experimental farm. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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