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25 August 1918 : 2nd Lieutenant Laurence Reeves

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Laurence was born in 1899, the son of James Reeves and Josephine Reeves. They lived at The Red House, New Barnet, Hertfordshire.  Laurence attended Sherborne School, age of 14, from September 1913 to July 1917. He was commissioned in December 1917 and sent to France the following April where he was gassed. In July 1918 he was attached to the 1s...


11 July 1917 Capt and Flight Commander Henry Edward van Goethem

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Henry van Goethem was born Brussels 25 March 1894, the son of the artist Edward Victor Van Goethem and Lucy Beatrice (née Lafone) of Tregarthen, Parkstone, Dorset.  He was educated at Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton and Sherborne College (1908-1911), followed by City and Guilds’ College, South Kensington. Henry obtained a commission in the Special Rese...