William Frederick Edward Ling

Name

William Frederick Edward Ling

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

14/06/1918
19

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Flight Cadet
TR/13/54057
Attached RAF 17th Training Reserve Bn.
Kings Royal Rifle Corps,

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Not Yet Researched

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

RICKMANSWORTH (CHORLEYWOOD ROAD) CEMETERY
United Kingdom

Headstone Inscription

Not Researched

UK & Other Memorials

Rickmansworth Urban District Memorial,
St. Mary's Church Memorial, Rickmansworth

Pre War

Born Kingston-upon-Thames 18th March 1899.

The 1901 census records the family living at Ebury Place, Talbot Road. The father William Ling is aged 32 a gas fitter and bell hanger. His parents were Wiuliam and is Ann Tilbury Ling aged 30. Annie Grace Ling is aged 9 and William Ling is 2.

In the 1911 census the address is given as 60 Talbot Road. The father William is aged 43, a gas fitter born in Scarborough. The mother Ann is aged 40 and was born in Penn, Bucks. Sister Ann is aged 19 and was born in Penn. William is aged 12 and was born at Kingston-upon-Thames.

Recorded as enlisting in Watford.

Wartime Service

Enlisted at Watford formerly TR/13/54057, King's Royal Rifle Corps 17th Training Reserve Bn.

Died in an aeroplane accident after his aircraft crashed from 200 feet at Spittlegate Aerodrome in Lincolnshire on 14th June 1918, aged 19.

The plane had stalled on a turn and went into a nose-dive. Died at home following the plane crash

Additional Information

William's headstone (not CWGC) bears the inscription:

Acknowledgments

Malcolm Lennox, Tanya Britton, Robert and Sally Williams