Identity
Person No.
1350
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Charles George Gordon
Initials
C G G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
and 56th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 2nd Lt Vincent WATERFALL and Lt Charles George Gordon BAYLY, 5 Sqn. Took off at 10:16 and at around 10:50 the pair was over the Enghien-Soignies area. Their Avro was hit by enemy ground fire and crashed by the side of the Ath-Enghien road, both occupants being killed. They were the first allied airmen to be shot down and killed in Belgium
Grave Reference
Location
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Brackenbury Bayly, M.I.E.E. (Woolwich) and Beatrice Mary Jessie Bayly, of Falmouth, Cornwall. (One of the first Royal Flying Corps battle casualties of the war). Native of Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project