141462 Air Mechanic (2nd Class) William Crichton.
The Royal Air Force.
19th Training Squadron.
Aged 18.
Son of John Crichton, of 4, Garrison Place, Falkirk.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
William Crichton was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
The Royal Air Force.
19th Training Squadron.
Aged 18.
Son of John Crichton, of 4, Garrison Place, Falkirk.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
William Crichton was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
141462 Air Mechanic (2nd Class) William Crichton.
The Royal Air Force.
19th Training Squadron.
Aged 18.
Son of John Crichton, of 4, Garrison Place, Falkirk.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
William Crichton was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
The Royal Air Force.
19th Training Squadron.
Aged 18.
Son of John Crichton, of 4, Garrison Place, Falkirk.
The 19th Training Squadron was based at Curragh Camp, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
A group of trainees had been based there and were now being transferred to Egypt.
Among the casualties of the Royal Air Force group were
Lieutenant Norman Mellor
Corporal Harry Aldridge
Private Thomas Cardiff
Private John Corrigan
Air Mechanic William Crichton
Private Patrick Gilligan
Private Edward Kelly
Private Robert O'Grady
Air Mechanic Thomas Reilly
Private Thomas Woodgate
William Crichton was a military passenger on board R.M.S. Leinster which was sunk by torpedoes in the Irish Sea, 16 miles east of Dublin, shortly before 10am on the morning of 10th October 1918, on its outbound journey of 100km [68 miles] from Kingstown [now Dun Laoghaire], Dublin, to Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales.
His name is included in
R.M.S. Leinster Casualties A - H
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