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The Roll lists his address as 59 Narrow Street. It states he died on 16/12/1918, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Lieutenant Victor Joseph Weber was serving in the Royal Air Force when he died aged 18 on 15/12/1918. He is now buried in grave BB.3 at Brebieres British Cemetery in France, having been reinterred after the War; he had originally been buried in Templeuve Communal Cemetery. CWGC records him as the son of Emile Weber of 'Begatells', Westwood Park, Peterborough and the late Charles Weber.
The R.A.F. file of Victor Joseph Weber is held by The National Archives under ref AIR 76/535/224. It records that he was born on 9/2/1899 in Peterborough. (On the 1911 census he was living with his parents at 59 Narrow Street in Peterborough). Prior to enlisting, Victor was a student at St Joseph's College at Dumfries from 2/7/1913 to 20/12/1916; he joined the Army in 1917. His commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Borders Regiment from 18/12/1917 was published in the London Gazette on 8/1/1918. He joined the RAF from the 3rd Battalion Borders Regiment on 15/2/1918. He was attached to Number 54 Flight School on 2/4/1918, and was promoted to Lieutenant (Flying Officer) on 3/6/1918 (which was published in the London Gazette on 5/7/1918). He was sent to France in August 1918.
On 15/12/1918, while testing a new biplane (Sopwith Dolphin serial number C4071), the right wings snapped causing the aircraft to crash. Victor died at Tourmignies near Lille. His address for Probate was Narrow Street; his mother Emilie administered his estate.
Victor is commemorated on his parents' headstone in Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough- see WMR ref 70096.