The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with A
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		| Name | 
		ACTON, 
		?. ?. [Forenames?] | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Flying Officer (Lieutenant) | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		January 1919 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Nothing further known about 
		this pilot; information sought; possibly Ground Staff | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		AITKEN, 
		Robert Stanley ‘Stanley’ & ‘The Scoutmaster’ | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		02035 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Flying Officer (Lieutenant) | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		4 April 1896 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		ca October-11 December 1916 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		1 September 1928-5 February 
		1930 | 
	 
	
		| Decorations | 
		MC (1917), AFC (1918), OBE 
		(1937), CBE (1943?), MiD (1945), CB (1945) | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in British Army 
		1915; seconded to RFC, Jan 1917; OC, 41 Sqn, 1 September 1928-5 February 
		1930; retired Jul 1946, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, 21 January 1982 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		ALEXANDER, Thomas Malcolmson | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Edinburgh, Scotland, 23 August 1899 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		28 July 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		17 August 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned Feb 1918; shot 
		down and killed west of Wervik, Belgium, 17 
		August 1918, aged 19; son of Thomas & Elizabeth Alexander of Edinburgh, Scotland; 
		buried in Grave II.F.8, Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Flanders, Belgium | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		ALLENBY, 
		Sydney Ernest | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Flying Officer | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Sculcoates, England, 2 September 
		1895 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		12 December 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		22 December 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned Oct 1917 & seconded to RAF; 
		transferred to Unemployed List, Sep 1919; relinquished commission, Sep 
		1921 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		ANDERSON, Roy Woodward | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		9498 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		South African | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Dundee, Natal, South Africa, 8 July 
		1898 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		30 June 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		1 February 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned Feb 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Jun 1919 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		ARBERY, 
		Ernest Edward | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		9 February 1887 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		24 May 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		6 June 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned Apr 1917; 
		killed in a flying accident, 6 June 1917, aged 30; son of Henry & Emily Martha Arbery, of ‘Haslemere’, 
		Over Ross, Herefordshire; buried in Grave 1714, Adinkerke Churchyard Extension, 
		Belgium | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		ARKELL, 
		Henry Denham ‘Harry’ | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Northampshire, 26 June 1898 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		23 October 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		9 July 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		RFC Cadet, commissioned, May 1917; Unemployed List, Jan 
		1919; relinquished commission, Mar 
		1921; commissioned in RAFVR, 1938; Sqn Ldr, 1940 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		AVERY, 
		?. ?. [Forename(s)?] | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Flying Officer (Lieutenant) | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		January 1919 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Nothing further known about 
		this pilot; information sought; possibly Ground Staff | 
	 
 
 
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