Annesley The Earl of, Francis (Flight sub-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1914-November-05

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Birth Date: 1884-February-25

Born: Castlewellan, Kilmegan, County Down, Ireland

Parents: Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley & Mabel Wilhelmina Frances Markham

Spouse: Evelyn Hester Mundy

Home: Castlewellan, Kilmegan, County Down, Ireland

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNAS

Unit

2 Sqn- Squadron (RN)

Base

Rank

Flight sub-Lieutenant

Position

passenger

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Francis, 5th Earl Annesley was killed in action on 1914-11-05 when the aircraft in which he was a passenger on a flight to join the War in France was lost to the sea somewhere between there and Ostend, on the coast of Belgium, where he was bound. Annesley and the pilot in all likelihood drowned, but in any event, their bodies were not recovered. He is remembered on the Chathan Naval Memorial at Chatham Dockyard in London, England.