John was entitled to be awarded the British War, Victory and Star medals and following the Great War his family would have been sent the Memorial Death Plaque of WW1.
Commemorated in perpetuity by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John was entitled to be awarded the British War, Victory and Star medals and following the Great War his family would have been sent the Memorial Death Plaque of WW1.
Commemorated in perpetuity by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
FLIGHT LIEUT JOHN CEDRIC RAILTON RN, DROWNED ON FLYING SERVICE OFF THE ISLES OF SCILLY MAY 9TH 1917 AGE 27 YEARS.
IF I TAKE THE WINGS OF MORNING AND FLY TO THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA,EVEN THEN SHALL THY HAND LEAD ME AND THY RIGHT HAND SHALL HOLD ME
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