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Eric Osterfield Arliss Andrews

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Eric Andrews, image courtesy of IWM

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: N/A
  • Rank: Flight Sub Lieutenant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Air Service
  • Unit/Ship: Stannergate Seaplane Base, Dundee
  • Place of Death:
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 08/11/1917
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: 25.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1890
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: Monteric, Clavering, Newport, Essex.
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mrs Katie Josephine Andrews

  • Father:

    Charles Arliss Andrews

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Mrs Dorothy (Doll) Nellie Reynolds Andrews of Monteric, Clavering, Newport, Essex.

  • Children:

More about Eric Osterfield Arliss Andrews

Eric Andrews was the son of Mr Charles Arliss Andrews and Mrs Katie Josephine Andrews. He was married to Mrs Dorothy (Doll) Nellie Reynolds Andrews of Monteric, Clavering, Newport, Essex. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service as an Aircraftsman Second Class and served at the Royal Naval Air Station at Barrow in Cumberland. He was commissioned July 1916. After flying training he specialised in seaplanes and was appointed first to RNAS Calshot on Southampton Water and the RNAS Dundee in October 1917. In November 1917 he was piloting a Short Admiralty Type 184 tractor biplane which caught fire and crashed into sea 15 miles North East of St Abbs Head. The aircrewman, Gilbert W Bickle, was lost as well. Both men were based at the seaplane base in Dundee. Eric Andrews is named on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.

Additional information by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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