The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with S
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| Name |
SAUNDBY, Robert Henry Magnus
Spencer ‘Sandy’ |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Birmingham, 26 April 1896 |
| Arrived |
26 January 1917 |
| Departed |
31 March 1917 |
| Decorations |
MC (1917), AFC (1919), DFC
(1926), MiD (1941), CB (1942), KBE (1944), MiD (1946), Grand Officer,
Belgian Order of Leopold II
with Palm (1947), Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm (1947), KCB (1956) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, Jun
1914; seconded to RFC, Jan 1916; permanent commission, Oct 1919; retired Mar
1946, retaining Air Mshl; died Burghclere, Berkshire, 25 September 1971 |
| Name |
SCULTHORPE,
Arthur |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Bolton, Lancashire, 5 June 1898 |
| Arrived |
26 August 1918 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
RFC Cadet, commissioned Nov 1917;
little further known about this pilot; information sought |
| Name |
SEYMOUR, Murton Adams |
| Number |
645751/199241 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, 6
July 1892 |
| Arrived |
ca. 15 October 1916 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
2 November 1916 |
| Decorations |
MiD (1919), OBE (1943) |
| Notes |
Commissoned in RFC
May 16; hospitalised, Abeele, Nov 1916;
registered ‘permanently unfit for flying at high altitudes’ & assigned
to ground duties, Jan 1917; demobilised,
Toronto, Jul 1919; died St. Catherines, 27 December 1976 |
| Name |
SHAW,
Frank Aubrey |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
ca. 1900 |
| Arrived |
ca 12 July 1917 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
30 October 1917 |
| Decorations |
MC (date?) |
| Notes |
KIA with 98 Sqn, south of
Soilly, 16 July 1918; son of Reginald & Eunice Shaw; remembered on AFSM,
Pas de Calais, France |
| Name |
SHIELDS, William Ernest |
| Number |
426856 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 15 October
1892 |
| Arrived |
25 March 1918 |
| Departed |
19 January 1919 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1918), Bar to DFC
(1919), MiD (1919) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Oct 1917;
killed in a flying accident on take-off from High
River Air Station, Alberta, 1 August 1921 |
| Name |
SHIPWRIGHT, Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston |
| Number |
14681 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
20 May 1898 |
| Arrived |
19 September 1917 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
RFC Cadet, commissioned May 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Apr 1919; relinquished commission in
RAF on appointment to commission with TA, Mar 1921; relinquished
commission, May 1939; commissioned in RAFVR (73519), Sep 1942; relinquished commission,
Feb 1954, retaining Sqn Ldr |
| Name |
SKINNER, ?. ?.
[Forenames?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
January 1919 |
| Departed |
Unknown |
| Notes |
Nothing further known about
this pilot; information sought |
| Name |
SLEIGHTHOLM, Francis Balfour
Keith |
| Number |
27739 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
Toronto, Canada, 19 September 1899 |
| Arrived |
9 July 1918 |
| Departed |
4 September 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Feb 1918;
transferred to Unemployed List, Apr 1919 |
| Name |
SMITH, A. F.
[Forenames?] |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
American |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
9 August 1918 |
| Departed |
28 September 1918 |
| Notes |
Shot down & captured, 28 September
1918; is this Archibald Fowden Smith or Albert Frederick Smith? |
| Name |
SMITH, Harry Walter |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Lieutenant (Fg Off) |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Berkshire, 18 September 1896 |
| Arrived |
8 December 1918 |
| Departed |
8 February 1919 |
| Notes |
RFC Cadet, commissioned Oct
1917;
commissioned in RAFO, Jul 1925 |
| Name |
SMITH, Jack Sydney |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Kingsdown, New Zealand, 30 January 1895 |
| Arrived |
5 December 1917 |
| Departed |
30 June 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, ca 1916; hospitalised, 30 June
1918; commissioned in RAFVR, Feb 1939 |
| Name |
SODEN, Frank Ormond |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Captain |
| Nationality |
Canadia |
| Born |
Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, Canada, 3
November 1895 |
| Term 1 |
13 July 1918-20 February
1919 |
| Term 2 |
1 April 1924-18 August 1925 |
| Decorations |
DFC (1919), Bar to DFC (1922) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army, Nov 1914; seconded to RFC, Nov
1916; retired as Gp Capt, May 1945; emigrated to Kenya; died in
London, 12 February 1961 |
| Name |
SOUNDY, Reginald Henry |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
13 February 1894 |
| Arrived |
26 January 1917 |
| Departed |
31 March 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army; seconded to RFC,
May 1916; relinquished commission, Sep 1921; commissioned in RAFO
(70636), Mar 1933; relinquished commission on account of ill-health, Sep 1943 |
| Name |
STACEY, Reginald Howard |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Unknown |
| Arrived |
15 December 1917 |
| Departed |
11 May 1918 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Army; seconded to RFC, May
1917; WIA, Ecquedecques, & hospitalised, 11 May 1918 |
| Name |
STEPHENS, Eric John |
| Number |
03560 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant, Captain |
| Nationality |
Australian |
| Born |
Bendigo VIC, Australia, 13
September 1895 |
| Arrived |
28 May 1918 |
| Departed |
Unknown (at least end of
War) |
| Decorations |
DFC (1919) |
| Notes |
Private, Australian Army,
Aug 1915; transferred to RFC, Nov 1916; commissioned in RFC, Apr 1917;
transferred to Unemployed List, Aug 1919 |
| Name |
STOKES, Claud Harry |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
Unknown |
| Born |
Blackheath, England, 16
March 1884 |
| Arrived |
ca 15 October 16 (first
mentioned on this date) |
| Departed |
23 November 1916 |
| Decorations |
DFC (date?) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RAF, Aug 16;
died 7 November 1918 (circumstances?); son of Henry & Harriet Stokes
of Lewisham, London, & husband of Philippa R. Stokes; buried in
Grave 148, Erquelinnes Communal Cemetery, Erquelinnes, Hainaut, Belgium |
| Name |
STURGESS, Thomas Moore |
| Number |
9622 |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
ca. 1898 |
| Arrived |
13 June 1917 |
| Departed |
24 June 1917 |
| Notes |
RFC Cadet, commissioned Feb 1917; engine failure, crash-landed & captured near Ypres, 24 June 1917; transferred to Unemployed List, Feb 1919 |
| Name |
SWANN, Gerald Huddart |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
13 December 1898 |
| Arrived |
31 August 1917 |
| Departed |
18 October 1917 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RFC, Apr 1917;
KIA (poss by Gef Ulrich Neckel of Jasta 12) northwest of Havrincourt Wood, 18 October 1917; son of Henry B. & Torfrida L. A. Swann of
Hangerfield, Witley, Surrey; buried in Grave I.K.33, Varennes Military Cemetery,
Somme, France |
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