In Memory Of
BLYTH, EDWARD JOHN
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1895-11-30
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
19th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
1918-03-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin #C3793, during a low patrol, last seen going down in flames
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Mary Elizabeth Blyth, of 28 High Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg. On war memorial for King Edward VII School, Johannesburg. His brother Wilfred Ernest Hill Blyth also died in service
