Capt. Richard Balfour Bourne, RAF

 

1897 Oct 5. . Born Stechford, Worcester, England

1901 census at Church View, Vicarage Road, Yardley ,Worcs

1910 to 1915 Student at King Edward High School, Birmingham

1911 census at Vicarage Rd, Yardley, Worcs

1916 Jul 29. 2nd Lt in RFC Service record

1918 Apr 1. Capt (Flying)

1919 Aug 1. Granted permanent commission in RAF as Lt

1919 Nov 6. Died age 22 at Baldonell Aerodrome, Dublin as a result of aero accident. Son of Henry Hutton Bourne and Clara Lucas Bourne, of 82, Addison Way, Golders Green, London

Buried Grangegorman

1920 Jan 29. Probate to his father

 

 

British soldiers died in Ireland