Basic Details
Surname
Black
Forenames
Norman
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Bristol Grammar School website provides his service and death details and this biographical information: 'Son of William Henry Black, Agent, and of Agnes Elizabeth of 18 Abbotsford Road, Cotham. Younger brother of Geoffrey Heslop, and older brother of Mary Henrietta and Edith Hulford.
Black was born on 21/10/1897, and attended the School from 1905-1909. He served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, with the Royal Naval Air Service 9th Sqdn.. Black sadly lost his life on 12/10/1917, as a result of the War.
Black died of wounds received on 11/10/1917 in a Sopwith Camel F.1. No. N6358. It is believed that aircraft lost formation, and Black was shot down by three enemy aircraft near Zarren. He is buried in Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium, grave reference I.B.17.'
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Near Zarren
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Railway Cutting (Larch Wood) British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
12
Age at death
19
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds