Service Details
Name:
 JOYCE
Given Name:
 CYRIL GORDON
Initials:
 C G
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 78th Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-05-22
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Date of Birth:
 1897-12-23
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Sopwith Camel F.1. G6677, which spun to ground and engine choked trying to land and he then struck a tree on the 21st May 1918 at 11.23 a.m., leaving him severely injured. The plane was seen to fall out of control. The engine choking was put down to pilot error.
Additional
Information:
Son of Rev. James William and Florence Mary Joyce, of 429, Fox St., Johannesburg, Transvaal. On Maritzburg College cenotaph.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Essex
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Cemetery:
 HORNCHURCH (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 II.

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