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Captain TOM REES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

11th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-PLOUICH COMMUNAL CEMETERY

C. 2.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Alice Rees, of Troedyrhiw Villa, Devynock, Brecon. Observer in the first Royal Flying Corps aircraft to be shot down by the 'Red Baron' - Baron Manfred von Richthofen.
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-PLOUICH COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 53
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