The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1916-1919
Surnames Commencing with T
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		| Name | 
		TATTON, Eric Hudson | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		ca 1895 | 
	 
	
		| Term 1 | 
		6 September-25 October 1916 | 
	 
	
		| Term 2 | 
		27 October 1916-9 January 
		1917 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in Army, Jan 
		1915; seconded to RFC, 1916; injured in a flying accident & hospitalised, St. Omer, 4 January 
		1917; shot down & killed with 84 Sqn, 20 April 1918, aged 23; son of Rev D. & Mrs Tatton of 
		Edgware, Middlesex; buried in Grave B21 of Picquigny British Cemetery | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TAYLOR, Frank Harold | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Canadian | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 11 August 
		1896 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		22 September 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		13 May 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Decorations | 
		MC (1918) | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Seconded to RFC & 
		commissioned, Sep 1917; relinquished RAF commission & ceased to be seconded 
		to RAF, Mar 1919; struck off strength CEF, 
		May 1819; died Long Island, New York, USA, 7 June 1985 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TAYLOR, 
		Harry | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Australian | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		ca. 1889 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		18 August 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Decorations | 
		MC (date?), MM (date?) | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Australian Flying Corps; 
		killed in a flying accident, 18 August 1918, aged 29; buried in Grave 
		B10.157, Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Warwickshire | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TAYLOR, Robert Edward | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Canadian | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		North Ridge, Essex County, Ontario, 
		Canada, 16 March 1890 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		16 July 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		17 September 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in RFC, Jan 1917; 
		shot down & KIA, 
		Pelves, 17 
		September 1917; son of Mr. W. J. & Mrs A. E. Taylor of South Woodslee, Ontario, 
		Canada; buried in Grave G.3, Douai British Cemetery, Cuincy Nord, France | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TAYLOR, 
		Stanley Wedgewood | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		South African | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Durban, South Africa | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		ca 15 October 1916 (first 
		mentioned on this date) | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		1917 | 
	 
	
		| Decorations | 
		MC (1917), AFC (1918) | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in RFC, Aug 1916; 
		transferred to Unemployed List, Aug 1919 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TAYLOR, 
		Sydney Baird | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant (Fg Off) | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Canadian | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Nova Scotia, Canada, 20 November 1890 
		or 1895 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		22 September 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		Unknown (at least end of 
		war) | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in RFC, Jan 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TELFER, 
		Henry Charles | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		28681 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Canadian | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 30 June 
		1895 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		24 June 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		28 September 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in RFC, Feb 
		1918; shot down & captured, 28 September 1918; transferred to Unemployed List, Mar 1919 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		THOMAS, 
		J. H. [Forenames?] | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Lieutenant, Captain | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		26 November 1916 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		21 December 1916 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Nothing further known about 
		this pilot; information sought | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		THOMAS, Meredith | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		2659 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Captain | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Knighton, England, 6 July 1892 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		6 May 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		12 December 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Decorations | 
		AFC (1919), MiD (1921), MiD 
		(1921), DFC (1922), CBE (1941) | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in Army, Dec 1915; seconded to RFC, Mar 
		1917; Short Service Commission, Oct 1919; permanent commission, May 1922; retired Apr 
		1946, retaining Air Vice-Mshl; died 20 May 1984 | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		
		THOMPSON, William George | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		770 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant (Temp Lt) (Fg Off) | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		ca 1889 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		ca 24 June 1917 (frst 
		mentioned on this date) | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		14 July 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in Army; 
		seconded to RFC, Apr 
		1917; KIA, NE of Bapaume, 14 July 1917, aged 
		28; son of William F. & Lydia Thompson, of Brunswick Lodge, Cambridgeshire; buried in 
		Grave I.E.4., Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, France | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TOOMS, 
		Cecil Stephen | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		1678 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Sergeant Pilot | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Northampshires, January 1895 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		11 December 1916 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		24 January 1917 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		RFC Sergeant Observer, Feb 1916; 
		Sgt Plt, Nov 1916; claimed 41 Sqn’s 1st WWI victories, but KIA, 
		Ypres, same day, 24 January 1917, aged 22; s of Stephen & Ellen Tooms, of Northampshire; 
		buried in Grave V.E.15, Vlamertinghe Military Cemetrery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TRIMBLE, Alan Vincent | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		404945 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Canadian | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, 31 
		August 1896 or 1897 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		18 August 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		25 August 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		RFC Cadet, Sep-Dec 1917; commissioned 
		in RFC, Dec 1917; KIA west of Bailleul, 25 August 1918; remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TUCKER, Donald Cecil | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		76738 | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		British | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		ca 1899 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		24 March 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		RFC Cadet, commissioned Jul 
		1917; KIA, Havrincourt, 24 March 1918, aged 19; son of Frank J. 
		& Mary E. Tucker of Dudley Park House, Keynsham, Somerset; remembered on AFSM, 
		Pas de Calais, France | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TURNBULL, John Seymour | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		22 October 1895 | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		ca 12 April 1918 (first 
		mentioned on this date) | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		17 June 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		Commissioned in Army, 
		seconded to RFC, Mar 1917; shot down & KIA near Chuignes, 17 June 1918; 
		remembered on AFSM, Pas de Calais, France | 
	 
 
 
	
		| Name | 
		TURNER, C. E. 
		[Forenames?] | 
	 
	
		| Number | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Rank | 
		2nd Lieutenant | 
	 
	
		| Nationality | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Born | 
		Unknown | 
	 
	
		| Arrived | 
		13 August 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Departed | 
		3 September 1918 | 
	 
	
		| Notes | 
		WIA wast of Arras, 3 September 
		1918; is this Charles Edgar, Charles Edward, or Charles Ernest Turner? | 
	 
 
 
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