The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with E
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| Name |
ECCLES, Charley Gordon |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca 1888 |
| Arrived |
5 May 1917 |
| Departed |
25 May 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Dec
1916; KIA, 25 May 1917, aged 29; son
of R. Herbert & Jean M. Eccles of Dingleton, Melrose, Scotland.;
native of Darwen, Lancs; buried in Grave II.F.20, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, Flanders, Belgium |
| Name |
EDWARDS, Arthur Webb |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
South African? |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
Unknown |
| Departed |
10 October 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army,
seconded to RFC, Apr 1917; KIA, Ecourt-St. Quentin, 10 October 1917; buried in Grave XI.D9, Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France |
| Name |
EDWARDS, Stanley William |
| Number |
10043 |
| Rank |
Sergeant Pilot |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca 1899 |
| Arrived |
1917 |
| Departed |
24 July 1917 |
| Notes |
RFC as Rigger, Oct 1915; Sgt Plt,
Apr 1917; injured in a flying accident, 24 July 1917; killed in a flying
accident, 10 Aircraft Acceptance Park, 17 March 1918, aged 19; son of
Albert J. & Maud M. Edwards of Wandsworth, London; buried in
Screen Wall F.B18.13, Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery |
| Name |
ELLIOT,
R. [Forename(s)?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
At least 15 October 1916
(first mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
27 November 1916 |
| Notes |
Nothing further known about
this pilot, information sought; is this Richard Douglas Elliot? |
| Name |
ERSKINE,
John Brown |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
13 June 1899 |
| Arrived |
Unknown |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
RFC Cadet, commissioned Nov
1917; nothing further known about this pilot, information sought |
| Name |
ESSELL, Leslie Montague
Scudamore |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
17 October 1895 |
| Arrived |
18 November 1917 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
RMC Cadet, commissioned
Dec 1914; seconded to RFC, Dec 1916; relinquished RAF commission & returned to
Army, Nov 1919; commissioned in RAFO, Apr 1938; relinquished commission
in RAFO on commission in RAFVR (117837), Jan 1940; transferred to RAFO, Mar
1942; ceased to
belong to RAFO (age limit attained), Jul 1947; died West House, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, 5 September 1976 |
| Name |
EYCOTT-MARTIN, Harold Ross |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Haywards Heath, Sussex, 2
January 1897 |
| Arrived |
4 May 1917 |
| Departed |
poss 11 May 1917 |
| Decorations |
MC (1918) |
| Notes |
Commissioned Royal
Engineers, seconded to RFC,
Mar 1917; injured in flying accident, 11 May 1917; relinquished commission on ceasing to be employed, Oct
1919;
declared bankrupt, May 1920; discharged from Army for AWOL, Aug 1920 |
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