In Memory Of
ROBERTON, JAMES LESLIE
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1894-09-07
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
25th Sqdn. and 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
1916-09-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, FE2b #5238, patrolling the lines, he was shot down in flames near Loos with its gunner (Pilot jumped)
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Robert Hopkins and Mary Louisa Roberton, of Stoke Golding Lodge, Nuneaton, Leicestershire. Studied farming in South Africa at Rhodesian experimental farm. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
