Service Details
Name:
 SMUTS
Given Name:
 CHARLES LAWTON
Initials:
 C L
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 No. 5 Training Depot Station
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-23
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Date of Birth:
 1896-04-23
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e #B4547. During a training flight, an aileron control cable jammed in his aircraft. This mechanical failure caused an immediate loss of control, sending the plane into a severe spin and nose-dive from which it could not recover before slamming into the ground.
Additional
Information:
Only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smuts, of Cape Town, South Africa. Served in South African Field Artillery in German East Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Lincolnshire
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Cemetery:
 STAMFORD CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 H. P. 19.

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