Reubin Kitson (1883 - 1945)

Born 25 Feb 1883 in Glasgow Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Died 20 Dec 1945 at age 62 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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corporal Reubin Kitson served in the Royal Air Force in World War I
Service started: 08 Apr 1918
Unit(s):
Service ended: 30 Apr 1920

Reubin was born in 1883. He was the son of Reuben Kitson and Dora Vaughan.

Reubin married Beatrice Haig Anderson in 1915.^[1]

Reubin enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1918 ^[2][3] He was posted to the Royal Naval Air Service, at Rosyth. On 1 April 1918 he was transferred to the RAF, as a Corporal, then on 30 April, sent to Blandford. This was a site in Dorset, which had recently be changed from being the training camp for the Royal Naval Regiment to an intake camp for the Royal Flying Corps, the being converted into the RAF.

On 30 May 1918 he was posted to RNAS Felixtowe, which operated flying boats. Then, 30 June 1918, he was posted to Marine Branch at Aberdeen, and to No. 20 Balloon Base, Caldale, Orkney. At that time, the unit flew kite balloons from ships, to observe the fall of shot. From 28 September to 1 October he was aboard HMS Canning, a Kite Balloon Ship.

He was discharged to RAF Class G reserve on 8 February 1819, before being finally discharge on 30 April 1920.

He died 30 December 1945. At that time his occupation was given as Wollen Goods Merchant.

Sources

1. ↑ scotlandspeople.gov.uk index
2. ↑ ‘British Royal Air Force, Airmen’s Service Records 1912-1939 Image | Findmypast.Co.Uk’, 4 March 1918. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FAIR79%2F2262%2F00123&parentid=GBM%2FAIR79%2F146493.
3. ↑ ivesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6569728 ID: 6706415 Reference: AIR 79 Title: British RAF Airmen 1912-1919 Description: Warrant Officers, non-commissioned officers and airmen in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1912 and 1919. UPP: GBM/AIR79/146493 Credit: © The National Archives

• Statutory Registers of Scotland, Register of births for the District of Blackfriars in the Burgh of Glasgow, 1883 p. 101 entry no. 303. Image on www.scotlandspeople,gov.uk, ref 644/5 303.

• Statutory Registers of Scotland, Register of deaths for the District of Blythswood in the Burgh of Glasgow, 1945 p. 24 entry no. 72. Image on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, ref 644/08 0072. Viewed 04/03/2016.