In Memory Of
SCAIFE, THOMAS EARLE GORDON
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1892-09-23
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
9th Sqdn.
Unit 2:
and 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
1916-09-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, observer on BE2c, shot down by AA fire over Lesboeufs (Somme)
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
M C
Citations:
LG 22 September 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry and skill when on contact patrol work during active operations, often flying low under heavy fire. On one occasion, when flying at 1,000 feet, his petrol tanks were pierced by shell fire. He managed to stop the holes and enabled his pilot to bring the machine home."
Son of Thomas Earle Scaife and Clara Scaife, of Burnholme, Robertson, Cape Province, South Africa. On Montague, Western Cape War Memorial
