In Memory Of
HELE-SHAW, HENRY RATHBONE
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1895-08-07
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
70th Sqdn.
Unit 2:
and General List
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Former Regiment:
formerly RGA
Date of Death:
1916-07-19
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Pilot of Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter A386 of No 70 Sqn RFC, with 2Lt Robert Claude Oakes (formerly Royal Field Artillery) as observer. Ltn Kurt Wintgens of KEK Vaux claimed a victory over Strutter '9653' near Arras; it was the 9th of his eventual 19 victories before his death in action on 25 September 1916.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 17.
Cemetery:
JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Aisne
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Henry Selby and Ella Marion Hele-Shaw. Native of South Kensington, London. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
