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Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon

London

Title

Harold Leslie Smith (1898–1917)

Date

1917

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 53 x W 39.5 x D 3 cm;
Plinth: H 15 x W 47.5 x D 17 cm

Accession number

FA20069

Work type

Relief

Inscription description

back: HAROLD LESLIE SMITH / BORN MARCH 22ND 1898 / AGE 19 YEARS. / FLIGHT SUB-LIEUTENENT / ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE. / KILLED IN AN AIR BATTLE / OVER DOUAI ON MAY 24th 1917 / FELL WITH HIS MACHINE WEST OF FLERS / LAID TO REST IN THE / MILITARY CEMETARY OF / LAUWIN-PLANQUE / WAS FLYING A SOPWITH TRIPLANE N5450

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