Service Details
Name:
 STRAW
Given Name:
 LIONEL LIFFORD KAY
Initials:
 L L K
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 25th Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Horse
Date of Death:
 1918-11-04
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Date of Birth:
 1898-05-22
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down, when flying over the German lines between Maubeuge and Charleroi
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V.
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Cemetery:
 CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XVII. B. 11.

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