Service Details
Name:
 HELE-SHAW
Given Name:
 HENRY RATHBONE
Initials:
 H R
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 70th Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and General List
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Former Regiment:
 formerly RGA
Date of Death:
 1916-07-19
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Date of Birth:
 1895-08-07
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Pilot of Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter A386 of No 70 Sqn RFC, with 2Lt Robert Claude Oakes (formerly Royal Field Artillery) as observer. Ltn Kurt Wintgens of KEK Vaux claimed a victory over Strutter '9653' near Arras; it was the 9th of his eventual 19 victories before his death in action on 25 September 1916.
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Selby and Ella Marion Hele-Shaw. Native of South Kensington, London. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Aisne
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Cemetery:
 JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 17.

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