Identity
Person No.
23342
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Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Robert Hugh
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R H
Date of Birth
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Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
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Secondary Unit
and Royal Garrison Artillery
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Son of Sir Herbert Sloley, K.C.M.G., and Lady Sloley, of Cape Town, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Robert Hugh Sloley transferred to the Royal Flying Corps from the Royal Artillery. An S.E.5a pilot, he was posted to 56 Squadron in 1917 and scored 9 victories during August and September. Two days after his final victory, Sloley was overwhelmed by four black and white Albatros D.Vs. James McCudden witnessed the onslaught, watching Sloley's plane go down after its tail was shot off by Xavier Dannhuber of Jasta 26. Credited with 8 victories. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery.
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project