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• Name CHURCHER
• Initials E
• First name EDGAR
• Place of birth Lambeth
• Country London, England
• Family Son of Herbert and Isabella Churcher (nee Harnot), of 3 1, Meadow Rd., South Lambeth, London; his brother Athelstan also served but survived; one older brother, Alfred;
• Education St. Olave school
• Profession Teacher
• Extra info Commemorated at St Mark's Church, Kennington Oval, South London

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 7 September 1914, Bunhill Row
• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 32nd Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps) 3/R.B.
• Attached or transferred from 5th - Bn. - London Rifles
• Other data related to military career to France on 24 January 1915; appointed Temp.Lt. in Augustus 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Offensive patrol; stall after take off; dive 50 feet; the DH5 A9185 crashed; shot down by Lothar von Richthofen;
• Date of death 14 July 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XIII - B - 14

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