Richard Buller Kitson

Name

Richard Buller Kitson

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

13/11/1917
32

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Captain
54th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force)

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
P. 17.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

UK & Other Memorials

Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath

Pre War

Born on 14 Mar 1885 at Lanreath Rectory, Cornwall son of the Rev. John Buller and Agnes Ellen (Carus-Wilson) Kitson of Penhenver, The Hoe, Plymouth. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 13 Aug 1904 and promoted to Lieutenant on 13 Nov 1906. He obtained his flying certificate on 13 Nov 1912 at the Bristol School, Brooklands. Educated at Haileybury College 1899-1902.

Wartime Service

He was killed in action in Palestine.

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour