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Son of Douglas and Harriet Caws, of The Sea View Bay, Isle of Wight.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Stanley Winther Caws
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stanley Winther Caws
Picture of Stanley Winther Caws, who is generally recognized as the first Canadian killed in aerial combat. Originally from the Isle of Wight, Caws settled in Canada in the early 1900s following service as a cavalryman in the South African (Boer) War.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stanley Winther Caws
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online
1915, Nov 5 p 6
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stanley Winther Caws
A letter to the editor, about S.W. Caws and his status as the first Canadian to be killed in aerial combat, published in the Summer 2005 issue of Airforce, the magazine of the Air Force Association of Canada.
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Picture of Stanley Winther Caws, who is generally recognized as the first Canadian killed in aerial combat. Originally from the Isle of Wight, Caws settled in Canada in the early 1900s following service as a cavalryman in the South African (Boer) War.
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Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1915, Nov 5 p 6
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A letter to the editor, about S.W. Caws and his status as the first Canadian to be killed in aerial combat, published in the Summer 2005 issue of Airforce, the magazine of the Air Force Association of Canada.
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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