Donald Humphrey Sessions
Person details
Forename(s) | Donald Humphrey |
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Surname | Sessions |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Regiment | Royal Air Force |
Age | |
Death | Killed in a flying accident |
Place of Death | Kent, London |
Date of Death | 20/06/1918 |
Year of Entry | 1911 |
House Letter | B |
School Notes | |
Comments | No photograph. Obituary in Radleian of 20/7/1918 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
Unit | No. 2 School of Aerial Gunnery |
Prefect | |
Military Decorations | [MC] Military Cross |
Album Number | 7 |
Battle | - |
Previous Regiment | - |
Additional Notes |
29.6.1918 The Radleian. Citation for the Military Cross. Temp. 2nd Lt. D. H. Sessions, Gen. List and R.F.C. During two months he did 111 hours' flying on artillery work, often under heavy anti·aircraft fire. He constantly observed most successfully for the artillery, causing direct hits on gun pits, fires, and explosions. |
Burial or Cemetery | QUEDGELEY (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD. Grave ref South-West of church |
Place of Birth | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
Post School | |
Shields in Hall |