Crompton, Henry Dent "Harry" (2nd-Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1916-December-04

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Birth Date: 1895-February-11

Born:

Parents: John Crompton & Sarah Ellen Dent

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Lytham, Lancashire, England (parents)

Enlistment: not known, as Air Mechanic 1

Enlistment Date: 1914-August-30

Service

RFC

Unit

4 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

1915-09-00: got wings and joined 4Sqn 1916-12-04: Crompton died in BE2d, 6732; when it was attacked by 2 enemy scouts near Miraumont while on artillery observation and landed in a shell hole just South-East of Courcelette. His observer-gunner, 856 FltSergeant George William Halstead, MM, (British) was wounded but recovered.