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Stanley Winther Caws

In memory of:

Lieutenant Stanley Winther Caws

September 21, 1915

Military Service

Age:

35

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

10th Sqdn. 1st Wing

Additional Information

Born:

September 22, 1879
Seaview, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Son of Douglas and Harriet Caws, of The Sea View Bay, Isle of Wight.

Commemorated on Page 566 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of 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.

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    Photo of STANLEY WINTHER CAWS
    Photo of 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.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1915, Nov 5 p 6

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1915, Nov 5 p 6
  • Newspaper clipping– 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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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – 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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