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Lieutenant Robert Bishop SLADE - 20th Squadron Royal Air Force
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1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
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Enlisted Date/Place
23 Oct 1914 at Regina, Canada
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Aston Upthorpe (All Saints) ChurchyardSWFHS War Memorial(s)
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Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units
- Originally enlisted in 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry as Private 73837
- Arrived in UK in February 1915
- Promoted to Lance Corporal 29 May 1915
- Arrived in France on 17 Sep 1915
- Commissioned to 2nd Lt in 1 Jan 1917 onto General List, joined Royal Flying Corps on 24 May 1917
- In Oct 1917 he was Badly wounded and burned after his aircraft was shot down by 9 German aircraft. After 17 weeks in hospital and a training course he was appointed as an instructor at Shawbury, Shropshire
- Promoted to Lt in 1918
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
Robert was accidentally killed along with Flt Sgt Frank Allsop when their Airco DH-9 aircraft broke up pulling out of dive over Shawbury during a training flight. |
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| An Airco DH-9 aircraft | Aston Upthorpe Churchyard |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| 30 Jun 1892 at Aston Upthorp, Berks | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Leonard Gillott and Maria Slade | Lodge Farm, Compton Verney, Kineton |
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- Emigrated to Canada, arriving in Portland, Maine in February 1911
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