Detail victim

Name
Initials
Vorname
Place of birth Bridport
Land Dorset, England
Family Son of the Rev. Charles Francis Long Sweet and Edith Maud Sweet, of Symondsbury Rectory, Bridport, Dorset; a brother, George and a sister, Dorothy;
Education Sherborne School and Sandhurst (entered 1912)
Profession Military man
Extra info Flying certificate taken on Maurice Farman Biplane at British Flying School, Le Crotoy, France

Rank Captain
Regiment and unit 29th Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps)
Attached or transferred from 1st - Bn. - Hampshire Regiment
Other data related to military career He obtained his commission in the 1st Hampshire Regiment in March 1913 and was with his regiment at Le Cateau and during the subsequent retreat. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in December 1914. In February 1916 he was promoted Flight-Commander in the R.F.C., with the Army rank of Temporary Captain.

Wounded Patrol with FE8 6378; left 11.10 a.m.; combat with hostile aircraft Woesten Road, nw Ypres; shot down, crashed and wrecked at 11.29 a.m.;
Type of wounds Killed in action
Died at the age of 23
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - A - 35