Name
William Wilks Fitzgerald
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/07/1917
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Flying Corps
25th Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
V. A. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
AN ONLY CHILD BY SUCH SACRIFICES WAS PEACE MADE POSSIBLE
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
William Wilks Fitzgerald was born about 1895 in Belfast and was the son Maurice F. and Anna M. Fitzgerald.
Wartime Service
He joined Royal Flying Corps as Air Mechanic 2 and went to France 2 may 1915 gaining a commission as 2nd Lieutenant Commission 18 Sep 15 and was with 25 Squadron RFC .
He was Observer in the aircraft (De Havilland DH4 serial A7479) piloted by 2nd Lieutenant W L Lovell when the aircraft was shot down on 27 Jul 1917. They are buried alongside each other.
Biography
Additional Information
His father, Mr M F Fitzgerald, Fairholme of Kill-O'-the-Grange, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, ordered his headstone inscription: “AN ONLY CHILD BY SUCH SACRIFICES WAS PEACE MADE POSSIBLE"
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
