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A photo of Captain Hall from the Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950, is shown below.
Captain Durham Donald George HALL, MC
80th Squadron. Son of Mrs. Ethel Hall (now Gaskell), of White House, Broadfield
Rd., Folkestone, Kent. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 20.
Buried DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1.
(Originally in the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.)
The following data is given in "Officers of the Green Howards, 1688 -
1931" by Major M L Ferrar;-
"Born in London 5 January 1898, son of Sydney Donald Edward Hall.
2nd Lieutenant 5 January 1917.
Served in France with the Royal Flying Corps from 16 March 1916 to 3 January
1917. Awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry in action.
He has flown in the worst of weather and often at very low altitudes. On one
occasion he flew very low under a heavy fire from the ground in order to range
our artillery."
Died at Doullens of wounds, 27 March 1918."
Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950, are available on Ancestry.co.uk. The data for William Claud Kenndy Birch in this collection includes;-
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