In Memory Of

MIDDLETON, JAMES RUSSELL

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1888-01-24
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 11th Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Former Regiment:
 formerly Lord Strathconas Horse & 7th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Date of Death:
 1917-06-21
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, forced landing in German lines. Died in Mulheim am Ruhr Hospital
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XVI. A. 17.
Cemetery:
 COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Koln(Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal
Country:
 Germany
Additional Information
Son of Nannie Hester Middleton, of 38, Inverleith Place, Edinburgh, and the late George Hodgson Middleton. Weenen County College, Natal & Edinburgh Academy. Student of Science, 1905-6. Engaged in engineering works in Canada. Enlisted in Lord Strathcona's Horse at commencement of war. Lord Strathcona's Horse, Trooper Aug. 1914; L/Corporal. 7th Cameron Highlanders, 2nd Lieut. 1915. R.F.C., Flight Lieut. 1916. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918