In Memory Of

FFOLLIOTT, CHARLES RUSSELL HASTINGS

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1892-05-06
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 18th Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
Former Regiment:
 formerly 318 Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
 1918-03-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, took off on a bombing raid at 10.55 in DH4 A7719 of 18 Squadron, flying as observer with pilot 2nd Lt J N B McKim. The combat report stated that they were "last seen going down under control near Oignies at 12.00 during combat with enemy aircraft during bombing". Oignies is east of Lens.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. G. 25.
Cemetery:
 RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Citations:
 LG Sup 15 April 1918 pg. 4524
Son of Charles Nicholas and Ethel Treliving Ffolliott. Husband of Mrs. Mary Emily Catherine Ffolliott. In February 1918 he had flown as Observer in the DH4 piloted by Canadian ace Alfred Clayburn Atkey when he shot down two of the thirty eight enemy aircraft credited to him. On Lewisham, St Saviour Catholic Church WW1 War Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918