In Memory Of

DE BEER, NORMAN VIVIAN

Service Details
Age:
 17
Date of Birth:
 1899-03-28
Rank:
 Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Air Service
Date of Death:
 1916-06-25
Cause of Death:
 Died of fractured skull, due to his motorcycle colliding with a car at The Hyde, Hendon, Middx.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 45192. Sq 188.
Cemetery:
 KENSAL GREEN (ALL SOULS') CEMETERY
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Rejected, need proof of service at time of death
Son of H. A. de Beer. From South Africa. Educated St. Andrew's College Grahamstown. Left December 1914 Upper Form IV. J.C. '14; in 1914 when he was fourteen, he left to continue his education in Rhodesia. Though under age he joined the Graham White Flying School and in 6 weeks got his flying ticket on 18 June 1916. On 25th June 1916, the same day as he was gazetted to the Royal Naval Air Service he was killed in an accident in London (another source says a motor accident). On King Edward VII School, Johannesburg Memorial. On Milton High School, Bulawayo Memorial. Death registered in Paddington, Vol. 1a page 90