Service Details
Name:
 EDWARDS
Given Name:
 ARTHUR WEBB
Initials:
 A W
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 41st Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and General List
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Date of Death:
 1917-10-10
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Date of Birth:
 1891-09-09
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Brother of Mrs. E. W. Parkes, of Klipfontein, P.O. Kendrew Station, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At St Andrew's from 1904-1909. Lieutenant in 20th Mounted Infantry in rebellion and in G.S.W.A. At conclusion of the campaign he went to England and joined the R F C. In October 1917 he went missing, and the enemy later reported the destruction of the machine and the death of the aviator. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT
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Grave Reference:
 XI. D. 9.

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