Service Details
Name:
 SLOLEY
Given Name:
 ROBERT HUGH
Initials:
 R H
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 56th Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and Royal Garrison Artillery
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Date of Death:
 1917-10-01
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Date of Birth:
 1897-09-19
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in aerial combat, in Belgium
Additional
Information:
Son of Sir Herbert Sloley, K.C.M.G., and Lady Sloley, of Cape Town, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Robert Hugh Sloley transferred to the Royal Flying Corps from the Royal Artillery. An S.E.5a pilot, he was posted to 56 Squadron in 1917 and scored 9 victories during August and September. Two days after his final victory, Sloley was overwhelmed by four black and white Albatros D.Vs. James McCudden witnessed the onslaught, watching Sloley's plane go down after its tail was shot off by Xavier Dannhuber of Jasta 26. Credited with 8 victories. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 1.

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