In Memory Of
STRAW, LIONEL LIFFORD KAY
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1898-05-22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
25th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Former Regiment:
formerly South African Horse
Date of Death:
1918-11-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down, when flying over the German lines between Maubeuge and Charleroi
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XVII. B. 11.
Cemetery:
CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
Localitly:
Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V.
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Major William Pennington Straw, of Hill Crest, Natal. Also served in German East Africa with South African Horse. Attended Glenwood Technical High School, Durban. Born Kokstad.
