In Memory Of
TROLLIP, DOUGLAS PRICE
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1895-01-13
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
57th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1918-04-01
Cause of Death:
Missing in action, as Pilot of Airco DH.4 day bomber #A7872, shot down during a bombing operation near Grevillers (South of Pas-de-Calais), probably shot down by Leutnant Hans Joachim Wolff of Jasta 11, a squadron within Jagdgeschwader I (The Red Baron's Flying Circus). He was flying alongside Lieutenant James David Moses, a notable Delaware/First Nations Canadian infantry officer who had transferred into the air services
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Roland James William and E. A. T. Trollip, of Mount Prospect, Witmoss Rail Station, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Bedford Cemetery, Eastern Cape
