Name
Lea Ewart Barnes Wimbush
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/03/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Flight Lieutenant
Royal Naval Air Service
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ISLINGTON CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
12. 980. Family Vault.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born 25 May 1898 and baptised on 22 Jun 1898 in Chiswick, London son of John Ewart Barnes and Maud Mary (Stokes) Wimbush later of Fair Acre, Pinner, Middlesex. Educated at Haileybury College 1912-15. He lived at 13 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, London.
Wartime Service
Joined R.N.A.S as Flight Sub-Lieutenant on 5 Jul 1916. He obtained his flying certificate on 23 Aug 1916 at Royal Naval Air Station, Eastbourne and died of injuries in West Hertfordshire Hospital, Hemel Hempstead.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
