1884: Birth was registered in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; his mother's maiden name was Allen
1891 - 1911 Census (see father's bio)
1914, 7th Sept - 1918, 27th May: British Army
Lieutenant
2811
Highland Light Infantry
1st Battalion
1917, 13 July – "All dear sports"
"The folly of sending out reconnaissance missions without escort was confirmed again today for 1 Squadron AFC out in Egypt.
Two BE2e's went out this morning on a photography mission over the Beersheba area. Unfortunaltely the escort that was to be provided by 14 Squadron RFC failed
to appear at the meeting place and the BE2s continued without it.
Almost immediately they were attacked by an enemy scout. Lieutenants Archibald Henry Searle and Gerald Lewis Paget were shot down and crashed behind the enemy lines. Searle had been shot through the head and both men were found dead in the wreckage.
2nd Lieutenants Reginald Francis Baillieu and Adrien Espinasson Barbe managed to escape with their machine shot up but landed safely in the British lines.
The next day, the German airman Oberleutnant Georg Felmy appeared over the aerodrome and dropped a message bag containing news of the airmen and those previously lost and a letter for Commander Captain Murray Jones."
1918: He was registered as a Service Return as 'A E Barbe'.
Killed in Action: Drowned on sinking transport, Chatby, Alexandria, Egypt.
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Secondary Unit, Regiment and 5th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Son of Louise Auguste Barbe and Alice Rosa Barbe (née Allen), of May View, Dunbar, East Lothian (Scotland).
Memorial: Glasgow Academy-Internal WW1 Board (WMR 80076)
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
1891 - 1911 Census (see father's bio)
1914, 7th Sept - 1918, 27th May: British Army
Lieutenant
2811
Highland Light Infantry
1st Battalion
1917, 13 July – "All dear sports"
"The folly of sending out reconnaissance missions without escort was confirmed again today for 1 Squadron AFC out in Egypt.
Two BE2e's went out this morning on a photography mission over the Beersheba area. Unfortunaltely the escort that was to be provided by 14 Squadron RFC failed
to appear at the meeting place and the BE2s continued without it.
Almost immediately they were attacked by an enemy scout. Lieutenants Archibald Henry Searle and Gerald Lewis Paget were shot down and crashed behind the enemy lines. Searle had been shot through the head and both men were found dead in the wreckage.
2nd Lieutenants Reginald Francis Baillieu and Adrien Espinasson Barbe managed to escape with their machine shot up but landed safely in the British lines.
The next day, the German airman Oberleutnant Georg Felmy appeared over the aerodrome and dropped a message bag containing news of the airmen and those previously lost and a letter for Commander Captain Murray Jones."
1918: He was registered as a Service Return as 'A E Barbe'.
Killed in Action: Drowned on sinking transport, Chatby, Alexandria, Egypt.
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Secondary Unit, Regiment and 5th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Son of Louise Auguste Barbe and Alice Rosa Barbe (née Allen), of May View, Dunbar, East Lothian (Scotland).
Memorial: Glasgow Academy-Internal WW1 Board (WMR 80076)
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
1884: Birth was registered in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; his mother's maiden name was Allen
1891 - 1911 Census (see father's bio)
1914, 7th Sept - 1918, 27th May: British Army
Lieutenant
2811
Highland Light Infantry
1st Battalion
1917, 13 July – "All dear sports"
"The folly of sending out reconnaissance missions without escort was confirmed again today for 1 Squadron AFC out in Egypt.
Two BE2e's went out this morning on a photography mission over the Beersheba area. Unfortunaltely the escort that was to be provided by 14 Squadron RFC failed
to appear at the meeting place and the BE2s continued without it.
Almost immediately they were attacked by an enemy scout. Lieutenants Archibald Henry Searle and Gerald Lewis Paget were shot down and crashed behind the enemy lines. Searle had been shot through the head and both men were found dead in the wreckage.
2nd Lieutenants Reginald Francis Baillieu and Adrien Espinasson Barbe managed to escape with their machine shot up but landed safely in the British lines.
The next day, the German airman Oberleutnant Georg Felmy appeared over the aerodrome and dropped a message bag containing news of the airmen and those previously lost and a letter for Commander Captain Murray Jones."
1918: He was registered as a Service Return as 'A E Barbe'.
Killed in Action: Drowned on sinking transport, Chatby, Alexandria, Egypt.
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Secondary Unit, Regiment and 5th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Son of Louise Auguste Barbe and Alice Rosa Barbe (née Allen), of May View, Dunbar, East Lothian (Scotland).
Memorial: Glasgow Academy-Internal WW1 Board (WMR 80076)
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
1891 - 1911 Census (see father's bio)
1914, 7th Sept - 1918, 27th May: British Army
Lieutenant
2811
Highland Light Infantry
1st Battalion
1917, 13 July – "All dear sports"
"The folly of sending out reconnaissance missions without escort was confirmed again today for 1 Squadron AFC out in Egypt.
Two BE2e's went out this morning on a photography mission over the Beersheba area. Unfortunaltely the escort that was to be provided by 14 Squadron RFC failed
to appear at the meeting place and the BE2s continued without it.
Almost immediately they were attacked by an enemy scout. Lieutenants Archibald Henry Searle and Gerald Lewis Paget were shot down and crashed behind the enemy lines. Searle had been shot through the head and both men were found dead in the wreckage.
2nd Lieutenants Reginald Francis Baillieu and Adrien Espinasson Barbe managed to escape with their machine shot up but landed safely in the British lines.
The next day, the German airman Oberleutnant Georg Felmy appeared over the aerodrome and dropped a message bag containing news of the airmen and those previously lost and a letter for Commander Captain Murray Jones."
1918: He was registered as a Service Return as 'A E Barbe'.
Killed in Action: Drowned on sinking transport, Chatby, Alexandria, Egypt.
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Secondary Unit, Regiment and 5th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
Son of Louise Auguste Barbe and Alice Rosa Barbe (née Allen), of May View, Dunbar, East Lothian (Scotland).
Memorial: Glasgow Academy-Internal WW1 Board (WMR 80076)
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
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