In Memory Of

GIRDLESTONE, HORACE WILFRED

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1897-06-04
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 4th Sqdn.
Unit 2:
 and Royal Garrison Artillery
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1918-04-30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, while on patrol with No. 4 Squadron Royal Air Force, the R.E.8 aircraft #B734, carrying Girdlestone and his observer, 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Homersham, collided mid-air with another squadron aircraft (R.E.8 D4833). The collision occurred during poor weather conditions on the Western Front, severely damaging both planes and killing all four crew members involved.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 V. A. 83.
Cemetery:
 LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of the Mrs. E. S. and late Henry Girdlestone, of Abberley, Camp Grounds Road, Newlands, Cape Town. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918