Name
John Harding Greathead
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/01/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Flying Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. ALBANS (HATFIELD ROAD) CEMETERY
E. D. 24.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the St Albans memorials*1
Pre War
Son of Walter H. and Rosa L. Greathead, of 11, Saunders St., Yeoville, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
Additional Information
John grave (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN HARDING GREAT HEAD
2/ LIEUT R.F.C. BORN IN JOHANNESBURG S. AFRICA
KILLED IN AEROPLANE ACCIDENT 11TH JANUARY 1918, AGED 20 YEARS.
“UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.”
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
