Felton Vesey Holt (1886 - 1931)

Born 23 Feb 1886 in Chelsea, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Marion Edith (Dugdale) Holt — married about Jan 1926 in St George Hanover Square Belgravia, London, England

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1931 at age 45 in Sussex, England

Biography

Felton was born in 1886.^[1]

Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt CMG, DSO, RAF (23 February 1886–23 April 1931) was a squadron and wing commander in the Royal Flying Corps who became a brigadier general in the newly established Royal Air Force just before the end of the First World War. During the inter-war years Holt remained in the Air Force, serving in several staff appointments before becoming Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area. Holt was killed in a flying accident not long after taking up his final appointment. He was flying in a de Havilland DH.60M Moth from RAF Tangmere to take him back to RAF Uxbridge when it crashed at Seahurst Park near Chichester, following a collision with an Armstrong Whitworth Siskin. Holt managed to get out of the aircraft, but his parachute did not open in time.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Register of Births: GRO Reference: 1886 M Quarter in St George Hanover Square Volume 01A Page 476
2. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felton_Holt

See also
http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Holt.htm
http://www.military-research.co.uk/felton-vesey-holt-cmg-dso
http://www.thepeerage.com/p5596.htm#i55953

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