Basic Details
Surname
de Frece
Forenames
Cyril
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
10/08/1916. FK3 serial 5527 of 55 Squadron crashed following a mid-air collision in which its tail-plane was cut off by the propeller of another aircraft. Pilot, 2/Lt. George Stanley Rogers, aged 23, and his passenger, 2/Lt. Cyril de Frece, aged 18, were both killed. 2/Lt. de Frece is buried in the Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden , whist 2/Lt. Roger’s body was shipped home to Canada for burial on 4th Sept. 1916 at Barrie, Ontario.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Royal Flying Corps.
Unit (Primary - Stated)
55 Squadron
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Second Lieutenant
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Willesden
Cemetery
Liberal Jewish Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
August
Day of death
10
Age at death
18
Manner of death as stated
Killed in air crash
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action