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Worcestershire Regiment Officer who served in R.F.C. - R.A.F. (1914-1920)

Worcestershire Regiment Officer who served in R.F.C. - R.A.F.

During the First World War a number of Officers from the Worcestershire Regiment were attached to the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) which later became the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.). Some of the officers obtained a flying licences and became pilots, others were navigators or on staff duties.

Below is a list of Worcestershire Regiment Officers who spent a period of their service with the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) or the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.). Where know the Worcestershire Battalion in which they served before transferring is indicated. The notes section gives some additional information. The rank shown is that during their period with the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.) or the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.).

Surname	Forename/s	Rank	Worc. Bn.	Awards	Notes
Arden	John Henry Morris	Lieut-Col.	1st	D.S.O.	With 1st Bn. at Neuve Chapelle. Commanded 1st Bn. 13-22/3/15. Wounded July 1915. Commanding No. 2 Cadet Wing
Arnold	Frederick Percival	Lieut.			Was Corporal (22636) and was commissioned in the Worc. R.
Ashton	William	Capt.	5th & 4th		With the 4th Bn. in Gallipoli
Baker	Walter Raymond	Lieut.	1/8th
Baldwin	Harold Seymour	Lieut.	9th
Bechervaise	Alan	Lieut.			was private (30264) in Worc. R.
Bell	Oswald Marmaduke Dalby	Lieut.	11th
Bellamy	Harry George	Capt.
Beresford	Charles Venable	Capt.	3rd		R.F.C. Store Depot.
Bishop	Edwin Leslie	2/Lieut.	6th
Brickstock	Sydney Joseph	2/Lieut.
Broder	Paul Augustine	Capt.	5th		Reported missing 29/07/1915. Prisoner of War Repatriated 22/11/1918
Brodie	John	Lieut.	2/7th
Brookes	Eric Guy	2/Lieut.		D.F.C.	Commissioned 26/06/1915 65th Squadron. KIA 08/08/1918
Brown	Sydney Gordon	Lieut.	1/8th
Bull	Edgar Frederic John	Lieut.
Burcher	Leslie Corbet	2/Lieut.
Butler	Walter	Hon. Lieut.
Cade	Frank	Lieut.
Carpenter	Ernest	Capt.			24th Squadron. Died 30/10/1918
Chance	William Hugh Stobart	Lieut.	2/8th		Prisoner of War 17/09/1916 Repatriated 18/12/1918
Charles	Leslie Stafford	Capt.	6th		60th Squadron. Died 30/07/1916
Clarke	Francis Charles Erlin	Lieut.	5th		died of wounds 11/10/1917
Clarke	Joseph	Lieut.	10th		commissioned 02/10/1919
Cooch	Theodore Algernon	Capt.	13th		2nd Communication Squadron died 17/09/1919
Crooke-Rogers	George Henry Chesswas	2/Lieut.
Crosby	Albert Stuart	2/Lieut.	1/8th		Was A/LCpl. (2445) in Worc. R.
Crump	Francis Laurant Delsaux	2/Lieut.			21st Squadron. Died 16/10/1918
Curry	Wilfred Edwin	Lieut.		M.M.	A/Sgt. With Worc. R.
Davis	E. R.	Lieut.	1st
Deacon	George Raymond Albert	Capt.		M.C.
Dingley	Reginald Leigh	2/Lieut.	14th		Reported missing 19/10/1916. Prisoner of War Repatriated 17/12/1918
Dore	Alan Sydney Whiteborn	Major	1/7th		18th Wing HQ R.A.F.
Dunnett	Raymond Frederick	Lieut.	5th	M.C.	Died 17/11/1917
Durkin	Frank Vivian	2/Lieut.			Prisoner of war 07/06/1917 Repatriated 18/12/1918
Eldridge	E. H.	Lieut.			Reported missing 07/06/1917. Prisoner of War
Fear	Robert Stanley	2/Lieut.	5th		15th Squadron. Died 05/03/1918
Firth	Charles Phillimore Lewton	Capt.	1st
Flavell	Alfred Victor	Lieut.			8th Training Squadron Died 04/05/1918
Fletcher	Charles Alex	2/Lieut.		M.M.	No. 1 Fighting School Died 20/10/1918
Fraser-Henry	Ian Robert	Lieut.			ASC (Worc. R)
Freeman	Edwin Ralph Childe	2/Lieut.	2/7th
Freeman	Max	Major	2nd		General Staff
Freeman	Russell Herbert F.	Capt.		M.C.	Later Major. Died 21/07/1918
Giddens	Norman Peter Bunbury	Lieut.
Goold	William Harold	Lieut.	14th & 5th		att. to R.F.C. Nov 1917-Apr 1918
Gwillam	Leonard Ernest	Lieut.
Hamilton	Eric Vivian Colclough	Lieut.	4th		No. 4 A.A.B. R.A.F.
Hamm	Bernard James Charles	2/Lieut.	13th
Harrison	Cecil John Lawes	2/Lieut.	1/8th		Commissioned 19/12/1916 in Worcs. Regt. from Private 2326. Lieut. in RAF
Hart	Clifford John	Capt.			25th Squadron. Died 09/08/1916
Hemming	Harold	Lieut.
Hicks	Cuthbert Crowden	2/Lieut.
Hill	John Lawrence	Lieut.
Homer	Lawson Fellows	Lieut.
Horsfield	Henry Taylor	Capt.	13th	A.F.C.
Hughes	Owen	Capt.	10th
Isaac	Francis Swinton	Lieut.-Col.
James	Dennis Cory	Major	2nd
Jenkins	James George Thomas	2/Lieut.	8th		was a private in 8th Bn
Jones	William	Capt.	11th
Katte	Phillip Adolp	2/Lieut.			Dismissed by General Court Martial on the 13/08/1919.
Killeen	Charles Joseph	Lieut.
King	Geoffrey Burton	2/Lieut.
Kingdon	Leonard	2/Lieut.			12th Squadron. KIA 12/01/1916
Kingsley	H. F.	2/Lieut.
Knight	Leslie Atkins W.	Lieut.	4th
Lawrence	Frank Hope	Capt.	2nd	M.C.	29th T. F. R.A.F
Leete	Sydney John	2/Lieut.			57th Squadron. Died 28/07/1917
Lewis	S. W.	Lieut.
Lloyd	Frank	2/Lieut.	6th	M.M.	Commissioned 29/01/1918 61st Squadron. Died 01/02/1919
Lockwood	Ernest H. A.	Lieut.
Lodge	Christopher Fyers	Lieut.
Luker	Frank	2/Lieut.	1st Res.		Died 01/11/1918
Lucy	Richard Spencer	Major	2/7th	A.F.C.
McCutcheon	Hugh Edward	2/Lieut.			4th Squadron. Died 03/09/1916
Melhuish	James Walter Douglas	Lieut.	1/7th		153rd Squadron
Miles	William N.	2/Lieut.			No. 1 School of Aeronautics Died 24/07/1918
Minors	Ronald Towers	Capt.	7th		Died 27/03/1919
Morice	Charles Stewart	Capt.	3rd	M.C.
Morris	Vaughan Clarence	Lieut.			Commissioned 02/04/1915
Moule	Eric John	2/Lieut.			Commissioned 25/09/1917
Mytton	William Fourmy	Lieut.
Neale	Charles Douglas	2/Lieut.			Commissioned 23/07/1915
Northam	Douglas Geoffrey	Major			Commissioned 15/04/1917
Pepper	Arthur Clayton	Lieut.			Reported missing 06/04/1917. Prisoner of War Repatriated 17/12/1918
Pilkington	Harold Drmuod Stainton	Lieut.	2/8th		47th Squadron
Powell	Thomas D.	2/Lieut.			Commissioned 31/07/1917
Prentice	Douglas Gilbert	Lieut.	5th
Price	Victor William	2/Lieut.	11th		KIA 07/11/1917
Robinson	William Leefe	Capt.		V.C.	39th Squadron & 48th Squadron Prisoner of War 05/04/1917 Repatriated 14/12/1918 Died 31/12/1918
Rogers	Gerald	2/Lieut.	7th
Rolfe-Rogers	Rauville George	Capt.	10th		70th Squadron
Rose	Arthur John	Lieut.	1st
Rowden	Cuthbert Roger	Major	5th	M.C.	78th Squadron. Died 20/04/1918
Scales	Herbert James	Captain
Sellers	Philip	2/Lieut.	2nd		Died 23/03/1917
Smith	Robert Barnsley	2/Lieut.	7th		Commissioned in Worcs. R. from Private 6662. Seconded to RAF 29/10/1918
Smith	T. E.	2/Lieut.			Died 11/06/1918
Strickland	Walter Claude	Lieut.
Stoney	Gerald Johnston Lipyeatt	Capt.	2nd.	MC, DSO	On the 25th February 1916 he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing as a Wing Adjutant. He later rejoined the Worcestershire Regiment.
Stuart-Shepherd	Denys Lane Paschal Stuart	T/Capt.		D.F.C.
Thomas	Robert David	Lieut.	14th		Commissioned 12/02/1916
Tosswill	Louis Hope	Capt.	2nd
Townsend	Joseph Ernest	2/Lieut.	1st		Commissioned 13/05/1915 Died 02/01/1917
Turley	George Alfred	Lieut.			Commissioned 25/09/1917
Turner	Charles Ernest	Capt.	11th		No. 5 F.S. RAF
Turner	Creswell	Capt.	1st.
Wesson	Joseph Sydney	Lieut.	6th
Woodward	William Lee	2/Lieut.
Young	Frederick Walter	Capt.	1st		No. 2 R.F.C. Cadet Wing