Service Details
Name:
ANDREWS
Given Name:
FREDERICK SEYMOUR
Initials:
F S
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
13th Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
and General List
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Date of Death:
1917-04-29
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Date of Birth:
1888-12-22
Age:
28
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received 16th April at the Battle of Arras, whilst flying. Shot down on 16 April whilst artillery spotting over the German lines, Lieutenant Alphonso Pascoe and his observer Frederick Seymour Andrews became the German flying ace Baron von Richtofen's 45th "kill". According to Richtofen, the British BE2e was flying at an altitude of 800 metres when he approached unseen from behind and made his attack. Pascoe momentarily lost control of the plane, managed to steady it and then lost control again. The plane plummeted the last 100 metres to the ground. Both Pascoe and Andrews were badly wounded, Pascoe survived, Andrews died of his wounds thirteen days later.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Frederick and Louisa Grace Andrews, of Harrismith, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. An electrician. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State
Commemoration
Country:
France
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Locality:
Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
XVII. A. 11.

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