Worcestershire Regiment Officer who served in R.F.C. - R.A.F.

During the First World War a number of Officers from the Worcestershire Regiment were attached to the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) which later became the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.). Some of the officers obtained a flying licences and became pilots, others were navigators or on staff duties.

Below is a list of Worcestershire Regiment Officers who spent a period of their service with the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) or the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.). Where know the Worcestershire Battalion in which they served before transferring is indicated. The notes section gives some additional information. The rank shown is that during their period with the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) or the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.).

Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Worc. Bn.

Awards

Notes

Alderson

Augustus Grey Dixwell

Lieut.

 

 

 

Arden

John Henry Morris

Lieut-Col.

1st

D.S.O.

With 1st Bn. at Neuve Chapelle. Commanded 1st Bn. 13-22/3/15. Wounded July 1915. Commanding No. 2 Cadet Wing

Arnold

Frederick Percival

Lieut.

 

 

Was Corporal (22636) and was commissioned in the Worc. R.

Ashton

William

Capt.

5th & 4th

 

With the 4th Bn. in Gallipoli

Baker

Walter Raymond

Lieut.

1/8th

 

 

Baldwin

Harold Seymour

Lieut.

9th

 

 

Bechervaise

Alan

Lieut.

 

 

was private (30264) in Worc. R.

Bell

Oswald Marmaduke Dalby

Lieut.

11th

 

 

Bellamy

Harry George

Capt.

 

 

 

Beresford

Charles Venable

Capt.

3rd

 

R.F.C. Store Depot.

Bishop

Edwin Leslie

2/Lieut.

6th

 

 

Brickstock

Sydney Joseph

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Broder

Paul Augustine

Capt.

5th

 

Reported missing 29/07/1915. Prisoner of War. Repatriated 22/11/1918

Brodie

John

Lieut.

2/7th

 

 

Brookes

Eric Guy

2/Lieut.

 

D.F.C. 

Commissioned 26/06/1915. 65th Squadron. KIA 08/08/1918

Brown

Sydney Gordon

Lieut.

1/8th

 

 

Bull

Edgar Frederic John

Lieut.

 

 

 

Burcher

Leslie Corbet

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Butler

Walter

Hon. Lieut.

 

 

 

Cade

Frank

Lieut.

 

 

 

Carpenter

Ernest

Capt.

 

 

24th Squadron. Died 30/10/1918

Chance

William Hugh Stobart

Lieut.

2/8th

  

Prisoner of War 17/09/1916. Repatriated 18/12/1918

Charles

Leslie Stafford

Capt.

6th

 

60th Squadron. Died 30/07/1916

Clarke

Francis Charles Erlin

Lieut.

5th

 

died of wounds 11/10/1917

Clarke

Joseph

Lieut.

10th

 

commissioned 02/10/1919

Cooch

Theodore Algernon

Capt.

13th

 

2nd Communication Squadron. Died 17/09/1919

Crooke-Rogers

George Henry Chesswas

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Crosby

Albert Stuart

2/Lieut.

1/8th

 

Was A/LCpl. (2445) in Worc. R.

Crump

Francis Laurant Delsaux

2/Lieut.

 

 

21st Squadron. Died 16/10/1918

Curry

Wilfred Edwin

Lieut.

 

M.M.

A/Sgt. With Worc. R.

Davis

E. R.

Lieut.

1st

 

 

Deacon

George Raymond Albert

Capt.

 

M.C.

 

Dingley

Reginald Leigh

2/Lieut.

14th

 

Reported missing 19/10/1916. Prisoner of War. Repatriated 17/12/1918

Dore

Alan Sydney Whiteborn

Major

1/7th

 

18th Wing HQ R.A.F.

Dunnett

Raymond Frederick

Lieut.

5th

M.C.

Died 17/11/1917

Durkin

Frank Vivian

2/Lieut.

 

 

Prisoner of war 07/06/1917. Repatriated 18/12/1918

Eldridge

E. H.

Lieut.

 

 

Reported missing 07/06/1917. Prisoner of War

Fear

Robert Stanley

2/Lieut.

5th

 

15th Squadron. Died 05/03/1918

Firth

Charles Phillimore Lewton

Capt.

1st

 

 

Flavell

Alfred Victor

Lieut.

 

 

8th Training Squadron. Died 04/05/1918

Fletcher

Charles Alex

2/Lieut.

 

M.M.

No. 1 Fighting School. Died 20/10/1918

Fraser-Henry

Ian Robert

Lieut.

 

 

ASC (Worc. R)

Freeman

Edwin Ralph Childe

2/Lieut.

2/7th

 

 

Freeman

Max

Major

2nd

 

General Staff

Freeman

Russell Herbert F.

Capt.

 

M.C.

Later Major. Died 21/07/1918

Giddens

Norman Peter Bunbury

Lieut.

 

 

 

Goold

William Harold

Lieut.

14th & 5th

 

att. to R.F.C. Nov 1917-Apr 1918

Gwillam

Leonard Ernest

Lieut.

 

 

 

Hamilton

Eric Vivian Colclough

Lieut.

4th

 

No. 4 A.A.B. R.A.F.

Hamm

Bernard James Charles

2/Lieut.

13th

 

 

Harrison 

Cecil John Lawes

2/Lieut.

1/8th

 

Commissioned 19/12/1916 in Worcs. Regt. from Private 2326. Lieut. in RAF.

Hart

Clifford John

Capt.

 

 

25th Squadron. Died 09/08/1916

Hemming

Harold

Lieut.

 

 

 

Hicks

Cuthbert Crowden

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Hill

John Lawrence

Lieut.

 

 

 

Homer

Lawson Fellows

Lieut.

 

 

 

Horsfield

Henry Taylor

Capt.

13th

A.F.C.

 

Hughes

Owen

Capt.

10th

 

 

Isaac

Francis Swinton

Lieut.-Col.

 

 

 

James

Dennis Cory

Major

2nd

 

 

Jenkins

James George Thomas

2/Lieut.

8th

 

was a private in 8th Bn

Jones

William

Capt.

11th

 

 

Katte

Phillip Adolp

2/Lieut.

 

 

Dismissed by General Court Martial on the 13/08/1919.

Killeen

Charles Joseph

Lieut.

 

 

 

King

Geoffrey Burton

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Kingdon

Leonard

2/Lieut.

 

 

12th Squadron. KIA 12/01/1916

Kingsley

H. F.

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Knight

Leslie Atkins W.

Lieut.

4th

 

 

Lawrence

Frank Hope

Capt.

2nd

M.C.

29th T. F. R.A.F

Leete

Sydney John

2/Lieut.

 

 

57th Squadron. Died 28/07/1917

Lewis

S. W.

Lieut.

 

 

 

Lloyd

Frank

2/Lieut.

6th

M.M.

Commissioned 29/01/1918. 61st Squadron. Died 01/02/1919

Lockwood

Ernest H. A.

Lieut.

 

 

 

Lodge

Christopher Fyers

Lieut.

 

 

 

Luker

Frank

2/Lieut.

1st Res.

 

Died 01/11/1918

Lucy

Richard Spencer

Major

2/7th

A.F.C.

 

McCutcheon

Hugh Edward

2/Lieut.

 

 

4th Squadron. Died 03/09/1916

Melhuish

James Walter Douglas

Lieut.

1/7th

 

153rd Squadron

Miles

William N.

2/Lieut.

 

 

No. 1 School of Aeronautics, Died 24/07/1918

Minors

Ronald Towers

Capt.

7th

 

Died 27/03/1919

Morice

Charles Stewart

Capt.

3rd

M.C.

 

Morris

Herbert Basey

2/Lieut.

1/7th

 

Served as a Private soldier (813) with the 1/7th Battalion prior to RAF. Commissioned 29/09/1918

Morris

Vaughan Clarence

Lieut.

 

 

Commissioned 02/04/1915

Moule

Eric John

2/Lieut.

 

 

Commissioned 25/09/1917

Mytton

William Fourmy

Lieut.

 

 

 

Neale

Charles Douglas

2/Lieut.

 

 

Commissioned 23/07/1915

Northam

Douglas Geoffrey

Major

 

 

Commissioned 15/04/1917

Pepper

Arthur Clayton

Lieut.

  

 

  

 

Reported missing 06/04/1917. Prisoner of War. Repatriated 17/12/1918

Pilkington

Harold Drmuod Stainton

Lieut.

2/8th

 

47th Squadron

Powell

Thomas D.

2/Lieut.

 

 

Commissioned 31/07/1917

Prentice

Douglas Gilbert

Lieut.

5th

 

 

Price

Victor William

2/Lieut.

11th

 

73 Squadron. Killed 08/11/1917 on training flight, UK.

Robinson

William Leefe

Capt.

 

V.C.

39th Squadron & 48th Squadron. Prisoner of War 05/04/1917. Repatriated 14/12/1918. Died 31/12/1918

Rogers

Gerald

2/Lieut.

7th

 

 

Rolfe-Rogers

Rauville George

Capt.

10th

 

70th Squadron

Rose

Arthur John

Lieut.

1st

 

 

Rowden

Cuthbert Roger

Major

5th

M.C.

78th Squadron. Died 20/04/1918

Scales

Herbert James

Captain

 

 

 

Sellers

Philip

2/Lieut.

2nd

 

Died 23/03/1917

Smith

Robert Barnsley

2/Lieut.

7th

 

Commissioned in Worcs. R. from Private 6662. Seconded to RAF 29/10/1918

Smith

T. E.

2/Lieut.

 

 

Died 11/06/1918

Strickland

Walter Claude

Lieut.

 

 

 

Stoney

Gerald Johnston Lipyeatt

Capt.

2nd.

MC, DSO

On the 25th February 1916 he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing as a Wing Adjutant. He later rejoined the Worcestershire Regiment.

Stuart-Shepherd

Denys Lane Paschal Stuart

T/Capt.

 

D.F.C.

 

Thomas

Robert David

Lieut.

14th

 

Commissioned 12/02/1916

Tosswill

Louis Hope

Capt.

2nd

 

 

Townsend

Joseph Ernest

2/Lieut.

1st

 

Commissioned 13/05/1915. Died 02/01/1917

Turley

George Alfred

Lieut.

 

 

Commissioned 25/09/1917

Turner

Charles Ernest

Capt.

11th

 

No. 5  F.S. RAF

Turner

Creswell

Capt.

1st.

 

 

Wesson

Joseph Sydney

Lieut.

6th

 

 

Woodward

William Lee

2/Lieut.

 

 

 

Young

Frederick Walter

Capt.

1st

 

No. 2  R.F.C. Cadet Wing

 

Worcestershire Regiment Officers attached to the R.F.C.

2/Lt. George Henry Chesswas

2/Lt. George Henry Chesswas
Crooke-Rogers

2/Lt. Charles Joseph Killeen

2/Lt. Charles Joseph Killeen

2/Lt. Leonard Kingdon

2/Lt. Leonard Kingdon

2/Lt. Edwin Leslie Bishop

2/Lt. Edwin Leslie Bishop

2/Lt. Gerald Rogers

2/Lt. Gerald Rogers

2/Lt. Reginald Leigh Dingley

2/Lt. Reginald Leigh Dingley

Lt. William Harold Goold

Lt. William Harold Goold

Capt. Charles Stewart Morice

Capt. Charles Stewart Morice

 

Capt. Henry Taylor Horsfield

Capt. Henry Taylor Horsfield

Capt. Leslie Stafford Charles

Capt. Leslie Stafford Charles

 

Capt. Ronald Towers Minors

Capt. Ronald Towers Minors

Capt. Russell Herbert Freeman

Capt. Russell Herbert Freeman

Capt. William Ashton

Capt. William Ashton

Capt. William Leefe Robinson

Capt. William Leefe Robinson

Lt. Harold Hemming

Lt. Harold Hemming

Lt. Paul Augustine Broder

Lt. Paul Augustine Broder

Lt. Walter Raymond Baker

Lt. Walter Raymond Baker

2/Lt. William Lee Woodward

2/Lt. William Lee Woodward

Maj. Alan Sydney Whiteborn Dore

Maj. Alan Sydney Whiteborn Dore

Lieut. Francis Charles Erlin Clarke

Lieut. Francis Charles Erlin Clarke

Lieut. William Hugh Stobart Chance

Lieut. William Hugh Stobart Chance

 

 

2nd Lieut Augustus Grey Dixwell Alderson

Lieut Augustus Grey Dixwell Alderson

Lieut. Arthur Chaytor Pepper

Lieut. Arthur Chaytor Pepper

Lieut. Victor William Price

Lieut. Victor William Price

 

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