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Kliff
Born on 3 October 1887 he was Gazetted into the Shropshire Light Infantry on 9 October 1907 and transferred into the RFC on 28 April 1914.
He served with No 2 Squadron RFC (with Harvey-Kelly and one other pilot was involved in the RFC's first claimed victory on 25 August 1914).
Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette number 29001, 9 December 1914).
Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette number 29074, 18 February 1915) - for services rendered in connection with Operations in the Field (announcement repeated in London Gazette number 29111, 24 March 1915, with full Christian names rather than initials).
Served with No 7 Squadron on Home Defence duties; injured with his observer, QMSgt H E Chaney, 19 January 1915 during a Zeppelin patrol. Came under fire from Anti-Aircraft guns in London; engine failed and machine went into a spinning nose-dive from which he recovered but made a heavy landing.
Temporary Captain, 7 December 1914 to 9 June 1915; Captain, 10 June 1915; CO of No 20 Squadron RFC (as Temporary Major) March 1916 to October 1917; Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel October 1917 to March 1918.
I've a note of a possible link with the Barons of Sandhurst but nothing else.
Graeme
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