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. |
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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. |
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Was Corporal (22636) and was commissioned in the Worc. R. |
Ashton |
William |
Capt. |
5th & 4th |
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With the 4th Bn. in Gallipoli |
Baker |
Walter Raymond |
Lieut. |
1/8th |
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Baldwin |
Harold Seymour |
Lieut. |
9th |
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Bechervaise |
Alan |
Lieut. |
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was private (30264) in Worc. R. |
Bell |
Oswald Marmaduke Dalby |
Lieut. |
11th |
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Bellamy |
Harry George |
Capt. |
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Beresford |
Charles Venable |
Capt. |
3rd |
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R.F.C. Store Depot. |
Bishop |
Edwin Leslie |
2/Lieut. |
6th |
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Brickstock |
Sydney Joseph |
2/Lieut. |
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Broder |
Paul Augustine |
Capt. |
5th |
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Reported missing 29/07/1915. Prisoner of War. Repatriated 22/11/1918 |
Brodie |
John |
Lieut. |
2/7th |
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Brookes |
Eric Guy |
2/Lieut. |
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D.F.C. |
Commissioned 26/06/1915. 65th Squadron. KIA 08/08/1918 |
Brown |
Sydney Gordon |
Lieut. |
1/8th |
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Bull |
Edgar Frederic John |
Lieut. |
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Burcher |
Leslie Corbet |
2/Lieut. |
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Butler |
Walter |
Hon. Lieut. |
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Cade |
Frank |
Lieut. |
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Carpenter |
Ernest |
Capt. |
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24th Squadron. Died 30/10/1918 |
William Hugh Stobart |
Lieut. |
2/8th |
Prisoner of War 17/09/1916. Repatriated 18/12/1918 |
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Charles |
Leslie Stafford |
Capt. |
6th |
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60th Squadron. Died 30/07/1916 |
Clarke |
Francis Charles Erlin |
Lieut. |
5th |
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died of wounds 11/10/1917 |
Clarke |
Joseph |
Lieut. |
10th |
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commissioned 02/10/1919 |
Cooch |
Theodore Algernon |
Capt. |
13th |
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2nd Communication Squadron. Died 17/09/1919 |
Crooke-Rogers |
George Henry Chesswas |
2/Lieut. |
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Crosby |
Albert Stuart |
2/Lieut. |
1/8th |
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Was A/LCpl. (2445) in Worc. R. |
Crump |
Francis Laurant Delsaux |
2/Lieut. |
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21st Squadron. Died 16/10/1918 |
Curry |
Wilfred Edwin |
Lieut. |
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M.M. |
A/Sgt. With Worc. R. |
Davis |
E. R. |
Lieut. |
1st |
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Deacon |
George Raymond Albert |
Capt. |
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M.C. |
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Dingley |
Reginald Leigh |
2/Lieut. |
14th |
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Reported missing 19/10/1916. Prisoner of War. Repatriated 17/12/1918 |
Dore |
Alan Sydney Whiteborn |
Major |
1/7th |
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18th Wing HQ R.A.F. |
Dunnett |
Raymond Frederick |
Lieut. |
5th |
M.C. |
Died 17/11/1917 |
Durkin |
Frank Vivian |
2/Lieut. |
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Prisoner of war 07/06/1917. Repatriated 18/12/1918 |
Eldridge |
E. H. |
Lieut. |
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Reported missing 07/06/1917. Prisoner of War |
Fear |
Robert Stanley |
2/Lieut. |
5th |
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15th Squadron. Died 05/03/1918 |
Firth |
Charles Phillimore Lewton |
Capt. |
1st |
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Flavell |
Alfred Victor |
Lieut. |
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8th Training Squadron. Died 04/05/1918 |
Fletcher |
Charles Alex |
2/Lieut. |
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M.M. |
No. 1 Fighting School. Died 20/10/1918 |
Fraser-Henry |
Ian Robert |
Lieut. |
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ASC (Worc. R) |
Freeman |
Edwin Ralph Childe |
2/Lieut. |
2/7th |
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Freeman |
Max |
Major |
2nd |
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General Staff |
Freeman |
Russell Herbert F. |
Capt. |
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M.C. |
Later Major. Died 21/07/1918 |
Giddens |
Norman Peter Bunbury |
Lieut. |
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Goold |
William Harold |
Lieut. |
14th & 5th |
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att. to R.F.C. Nov 1917-Apr 1918 |
Gwillam |
Leonard Ernest |
Lieut. |
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Hamilton |
Eric Vivian Colclough |
Lieut. |
4th |
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No. 4 A.A.B. R.A.F. |
Hamm |
Bernard James Charles |
2/Lieut. |
13th |
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Harrison |
Cecil John Lawes |
2/Lieut. |
1/8th |
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Commissioned 19/12/1916 in Worcs. Regt. from Private 2326. Lieut. in RAF. |
Hart |
Clifford John |
Capt. |
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25th Squadron. Died 09/08/1916 |
Hemming |
Harold |
Lieut. |
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Hicks |
Cuthbert Crowden |
2/Lieut. |
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Hill |
John Lawrence |
Lieut. |
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Homer |
Lawson Fellows |
Lieut. |
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Horsfield |
Henry Taylor |
Capt. |
13th |
A.F.C. |
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Hughes |
Owen |
Capt. |
10th |
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Isaac |
Francis Swinton |
Lieut.-Col. |
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James |
Dennis Cory |
Major |
2nd |
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Jenkins |
James George Thomas |
2/Lieut. |
8th |
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was a private in 8th Bn |
Jones |
William |
Capt. |
11th |
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Katte |
Phillip Adolp |
2/Lieut. |
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Dismissed by General Court Martial on the 13/08/1919. |
Killeen |
Charles Joseph |
Lieut. |
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King |
Geoffrey Burton |
2/Lieut. |
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Kingdon |
Leonard |
2/Lieut. |
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12th Squadron. KIA 12/01/1916 |
Kingsley |
H. F. |
2/Lieut. |
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Knight |
Leslie Atkins W. |
Lieut. |
4th |
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Lawrence |
Frank Hope |
Capt. |
2nd |
M.C. |
29th T. F. R.A.F |
Leete |
Sydney John |
2/Lieut. |
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57th Squadron. Died 28/07/1917 |
Lewis |
S. W. |
Lieut. |
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Lloyd |
Frank |
2/Lieut. |
6th |
M.M. |
Commissioned 29/01/1918. 61st Squadron. Died 01/02/1919 |
Lockwood |
Ernest H. A. |
Lieut. |
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Lodge |
Christopher Fyers |
Lieut. |
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Luker |
Frank |
2/Lieut. |
1st Res. |
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Died 01/11/1918 |
Lucy |
Richard Spencer |
Major |
2/7th |
A.F.C. |
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McCutcheon |
Hugh Edward |
2/Lieut. |
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4th Squadron. Died 03/09/1916 |
Melhuish |
James Walter Douglas |
Lieut. |
1/7th |
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153rd Squadron |
Miles |
William N. |
2/Lieut. |
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No. 1 School of Aeronautics, Died 24/07/1918 |
Minors |
Ronald Towers |
Capt. |
7th |
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Died 27/03/1919 |
Morice |
Charles Stewart |
Capt. |
3rd |
M.C. |
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Morris |
Herbert Basey |
2/Lieut. |
1/7th |
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Served as a Private soldier (813) with the 1/7th Battalion prior to RAF. Commissioned 29/09/1918 |
Morris |
Vaughan Clarence |
Lieut. |
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Commissioned 02/04/1915 |
Moule |
Eric John |
2/Lieut. |
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Commissioned 25/09/1917 |
Mytton |
William Fourmy |
Lieut. |
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Neale |
Charles Douglas |
2/Lieut. |
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Commissioned 23/07/1915 |
Northam |
Douglas Geoffrey |
Major |
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Commissioned 15/04/1917 |
Pepper |
Arthur Clayton |
Lieut. |
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Reported missing 06/04/1917. Prisoner of War. Repatriated 17/12/1918 |
Pilkington |
Harold Drmuod Stainton |
Lieut. |
2/8th |
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47th Squadron |
Powell |
Thomas D. |
2/Lieut. |
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Commissioned 31/07/1917 |
Prentice |
Douglas Gilbert |
Lieut. |
5th |
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Price |
Victor William |
2/Lieut. |
11th |
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73 Squadron. Killed 08/11/1917 on training flight, UK. |
William Leefe |
Capt. |
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V.C. |
39th Squadron & 48th Squadron. Prisoner of War 05/04/1917. Repatriated 14/12/1918. Died 31/12/1918 |
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Rogers |
Gerald |
2/Lieut. |
7th |
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Rolfe-Rogers |
Rauville George |
Capt. |
10th |
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70th Squadron |
Rose |
Arthur John |
Lieut. |
1st |
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Rowden |
Cuthbert Roger |
Major |
5th |
M.C. |
78th Squadron. Died 20/04/1918 |
Scales |
Herbert James |
Captain |
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Sellers |
Philip |
2/Lieut. |
2nd |
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Died 23/03/1917 |
Smith |
Robert Barnsley |
2/Lieut. |
7th |
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Commissioned in Worcs. R. from Private 6662. Seconded to RAF 29/10/1918 |
Smith |
T. E. |
2/Lieut. |
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Died 11/06/1918 |
Strickland |
Walter Claude |
Lieut. |
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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. |
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D.F.C. |
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Thomas |
Robert David |
Lieut. |
14th |
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Commissioned 12/02/1916 |
Tosswill |
Louis Hope |
Capt. |
2nd |
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Townsend |
Joseph Ernest |
2/Lieut. |
1st |
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Commissioned 13/05/1915. Died 02/01/1917 |
Turley |
George Alfred |
Lieut. |
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Commissioned 25/09/1917 |
Turner |
Charles Ernest |
Capt. |
11th |
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No. 5 F.S. RAF |
Turner |
Creswell |
Capt. |
1st. |
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Wesson |
Joseph Sydney |
Lieut. |
6th |
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Woodward |
William Lee |
2/Lieut. |
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Young |
Frederick Walter |
Capt. |
1st |
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No. 2 R.F.C. Cadet Wing |
Worcestershire Regiment Officers attached to the R.F.C.
2/Lt. George Henry Chesswas |
2/Lt. Charles Joseph Killeen |
2/Lt. Leonard Kingdon |
2/Lt. Edwin Leslie Bishop |
2/Lt. Gerald Rogers |
2/Lt. Reginald Leigh Dingley |
Lt. William Harold Goold |
Capt. Charles Stewart Morice |
Capt. Henry Taylor Horsfield |
Capt. Leslie Stafford Charles |
Capt. Ronald Towers Minors |
Capt. Russell Herbert Freeman |
Capt. William Ashton |
Capt. William Leefe Robinson |
Lt. Harold Hemming |
Lt. Paul Augustine Broder |
Lt. Walter Raymond Baker |
2/Lt. William Lee Woodward |
Maj. Alan Sydney Whiteborn Dore |
Lieut. Francis Charles Erlin Clarke |
Lieut. William Hugh Stobart Chance
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Lieut Augustus Grey Dixwell Alderson |
Lieut. Arthur Chaytor Pepper |
Lieut. Victor William Price |
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