Headlam, John | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Royal Air Force. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Headlam, J.

Forename(s):

John

Surname:

Headlam

Date of Death:

Thursday, May 30, 1918

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Air

Unit:

Royal Air Force, 60th Squadron (The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to become the Royal Air Force on the 1 April 1918)

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

John was the son of William Aaron (an accountant and shipping clerk) and Agnes Shield Headlam who lived in Whitby, Yorkshire.

John served as a Scout Pilot. He also attained the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, 60th Squadron.

John died on 30th May 1918 aged 19.

Addresses before and during the war

19 Spring Vale, Whitby, North Yorkshire (place of residence as entered in the 1901 Census) Stakesby Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire (place of residence as entered in the 1911 Census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

John is buried in the St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension Frevent in Pas De Calais, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton