Lionel Sydney Platt, Captain 17th. Lancers, attached Royal Flying Corps, only son of Sydney and Bertha Platt, Wargrave Manor: who gave his life in an aerial combat, North-East of Vitry-en-Artois, France. He died in the unsuccessful attacks on this village held by the Germans. He was probably shot down by Leutnant Heinrich Gontermann (1896-1917) of Jasta [Jagdstaffel] 5 flying a much superior Albatros D.III or D.V.
Married Gillian Mary Spencer Warwick 11 November 1914, daughter Cicely Noel Platt 1915-2002 (170794519)
Married Gillian Mary Spencer Warwick 11 November 1914, daughter Cicely Noel Platt 1915-2002 (170794519)
Lionel Sydney Platt, Captain 17th. Lancers, attached Royal Flying Corps, only son of Sydney and Bertha Platt, Wargrave Manor: who gave his life in an aerial combat, North-East of Vitry-en-Artois, France. He died in the unsuccessful attacks on this village held by the Germans. He was probably shot down by Leutnant Heinrich Gontermann (1896-1917) of Jasta [Jagdstaffel] 5 flying a much superior Albatros D.III or D.V.
Married Gillian Mary Spencer Warwick 11 November 1914, daughter Cicely Noel Platt 1915-2002 (170794519)
Married Gillian Mary Spencer Warwick 11 November 1914, daughter Cicely Noel Platt 1915-2002 (170794519)
Inscription
UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS
Gravesite Details
Captain, Royal Flying Corps. Age: 31.
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Records on Ancestry
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Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
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Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950
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UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
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UK, British Army Records and Lists, 1882-1962
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