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• Name STOBART
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Winnipeg
• Country Canada
• Family Son of Fred W. and Margaret Stobart, of Wispers, Midhurst, Sussex.
• Education Rugby and Jesus College, Cambridge
• Extra info He rowed bow of the Head of the River boat in the Lent Races of 1914. He also rowed seven in his college eight in the final for the Thames Cup at Henley the same year.

Military service

• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 29th Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps)
• Attached or transferred from 10th - Bn. - Durham Light Infantry
• Other data related to military career Joined the Durham Light Infantry. He had been twice slightly wounded and was appointed to the R.F.C. in April 1916. Gaining his wings in less than two months, he joined his squadron abroad at once.
  

Death

• Wounded Bad take off, crashed with DH2 7872
• Type of wounds Killed in flying accident
• Date of death 24 August 1916
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - B - 7

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