Lindop, Victor Somerset Erskine (Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1914-September-07

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Birth Date: 1891-May-24

Born: Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Parents: Alfred Henry Lindop & Ellen Winifred Erskine

Spouse: Alice Mary Gibson

Home: Merton, Surrey, England

Enlistment: London,England

Enlistment Date: 1911-March-11

Service

RFC

Unit

3 Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Lindop gained RAeC aviator's certificate number 754 on 1914-03-24. He joined 3 Squadron and travelled to France with them by sea on 1914-08-12. Less than a month later, on September 7 he was forced down and made a PoW. He was interned in Holland on September 9 and spent the war in Germany. He was repatriated to Holland on 1918-11-22.