In Memory Of

SLOLEY, ROBERT HUGH

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1897-09-19
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 56th Sqdn.
Unit 2:
 and Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
 1917-10-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in aerial combat, in Belgium
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 1.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Sir Herbert Sloley, K.C.M.G., and Lady Sloley, of Cape Town, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Robert Hugh Sloley transferred to the Royal Flying Corps from the Royal Artillery. An S.E.5a pilot, he was posted to 56 Squadron in 1917 and scored 9 victories during August and September. Two days after his final victory, Sloley was overwhelmed by four black and white Albatros D.Vs. James McCudden witnessed the onslaught, watching Sloley's plane go down after its tail was shot off by Xavier Dannhuber of Jasta 26. Credited with 8 victories. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery.