Service Details
Name:
 SCAIFE
Given Name:
 THOMAS EARLE GORDON
Initials:
 T E G
Trade:
 Observer
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 9th Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
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Date of Death:
 1916-09-26
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Date of Birth:
 1892-09-23
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, observer on BE2c, shot down by AA fire over Lesboeufs (Somme)
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG 22 September 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry and skill when on contact patrol work during active operations, often flying low under heavy fire. On one occasion, when flying at 1,000 feet, his petrol tanks were pierced by shell fire. He managed to stop the holes and enabled his pilot to bring the machine home."
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Earle Scaife and Clara Scaife, of Burnholme, Robertson, Cape Province, South Africa. On Montague, Western Cape War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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