ISOB 2LT Malcolm Gifford Vande Water -RAF, WW1
Details:
Grave 18.
Isolated BurialA standard inscribed upright Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone.
2LT Malcolm G. Vande Water was born in New York City in 1894; he worked as a newspaper man prior to the war. He was killed while training with the Royal Air Force in the 29th Training Depot Station. On October 28, 1918 while flying his Sopwith Camel, his machine gun cut his plane's propeller in half resulting in a fatal crash.
Monument Text:
SECOND LIEUTENANT
MALCOLM G.VANDE WATER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
26TH OCTOBER 1918 AGE 23
