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:
IN SACRED MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON
FLIGHT CADET W. F. E. LING R. F. A.
KILLED JUNE 14TH 1918. AGED 19 YEARS.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Tanya Britton, Robert and Sally Williams
