JOHN+J.+PETRE

 Petre, John Joseph, Squadron Commander, Royal Naval Air Service Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre (France) Born Ingatestone, Essex Accidentally killed whilst flying 13th April 1917 aged 23 Son of Sebastian Henry and Catherine Elise Petre, of Tor Bryan, Ingatestone, Essex. Buried in Cerisy Gailly Military Cemetery, I, D, 39

1911 Census A student at Stonyhurst Roman Catholic College, Blackburn, Lancashire

(Photograph from the Chelmsford Chronicle, 27th April 1917)


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