ISOB LT. John Prout West -RAF, Pilot
Details:
Grave:
IV. A. 2.
Isolated Burial
An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) upright memorial headstone.
The Isolated Burial of Lieutenant John P. West of Rutland, Vermont. West attended Yale and later the Plattsburg Officers' Training Camp, but eventually went to Canada for flight training. He flew with 88th Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadron and was noted for several aerial victories. He was shot down by enemy aircraft on June 28, 1918. A cenotaph remembers him in Rutland, Vermont.
Source: CWGC; Find a Grave
Monument Text:
LIEUTENANT
J.P. WEST
ROYAL AIR FORCE
28th June 1918 AGE 24
