Name
Philip James Vaughan Lavarack (MC & Bar)
16 Apr 1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/05/1918
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Royal Air Force
120 Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross and Bar
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY
F. C. 382.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Philip James Vaughan Lavarack was the youngest son of Hamlet and Fanny L Laverack
He was married in 1912 to Lilian G Gibson.
Wartime Service
He was a 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers before transferring to Royal Flying Corps which became in April 1918 Royal Air Force.
He died as the result of engine failure while flying a RE 8 aircraft on a practice flight. His Observer, 2nd Lt. RAH Brittain was also killed.
He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.
Biography
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
