Detail victim

Name RAGGETT
Initials BR
First name BERTRAM ROBERT
Place of birth Preston
Country Northumberland, England
Family Eldest son of the Rev. Robert Raggett, M.A., and Elizabeth Hewson Raggett; one sister, Annie; three brothers, Shallett, John and Gilbert; Shallett also served but survived;
Education St John's school; Durham University, BSc in Mechanical Engineering; served two years with the University's Officer Training Corps
Extra info http://www.newmp.org.uk/

Place & date of enlistment 6 August 1914, Chatham
Rank Second Lieutenant
Regiment and unit 10th Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps)
Other data related to military career To France 16 August 1914; promoted corporal when enlisting, n°28030; posted to the Motor Cyclist Section of 2nd Signal Coy, Royal Engineers; appointed acting sergeant in September 1915; transferred to the Dunstable Signal Depot in October 1916; transferred to n°1 Royal Artillery in January 1917; from Officer Cadet to 2nd Lt; joined the 323 Siege Btty in February 1917 and went back to France in April 1917; posted to the RFC in July 1917; appointed Flying Officer, Observer in December 1917 with the 10th Squadron in Abele;;

Wounded Wing of AW FK 8 B320 went off in the air; crashed close to the airbase in Abele; 2Lt Garbett was the pilot; he was also killed and is buried in Lijssenthoek
Type of wounds To n°2 Canadian CCS, compound fracture of the skull, died of wounds
Date of death 5 January 1918
Died at the age of 27
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - DD - 6