Harold Curtis-Beals was accidentally killed on this day in 1918.
Harry Curtis-Beals was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA 29 February 1892.
His parents were John and Margaret.
Harry was educated in Boston.
He enlisted in the A.S.C. (M.T) 15 April 1915
On 11 March 1917 he married May Katherine Francis (born 1893) at the Parish Church, Milton, Northampton.
Gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A.F. on 19 Jan 1918, he served with the Expeditionary Force in Egypt from August 1917. He was accidentally killed while flying at the Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis, Cairo a week after his first wedding anniversary. He was 25 years old.
He is buried in the British Cemetery, Cairo.
2nd Lieut. Harold ‘Harry’ Curtis-Beals RAF
15 March 1918
Sources: De Ruvigny’s Vo.I.V, England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index. The IWM holds three albums of photographs relating to the Royal Air Force School of Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis.
Image :2nd Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) behind defences on the coast near Arsuf, Palestine, June 1918. National Army Museum.