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Beaufort Francis Henry 'Frank'

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ISOB Francis Beaufort

 

Name:
Francis Henry 'Frank' Beaufort
Rank:
Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Date of Death:
1918-08-13
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Perreuse Chateau Franco-British National Cemetery Signy-Signets, Īle-de-France, France
Plot:
1.C.23
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
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The Montgomery Advertiser Wednesday Morning August, 28, 1918 Frank H Beaufort, Former Montgomery Man, Reported Missing From Flying Corps. Mother Receives Cablegram While on a Visit to Her Sister Here; Was Formerly Student of Auburn. Lieut, Frank H Beaufort, of the British Royal Air Forces, a resident of Mobile who formerly lived in Montgomery, is missing somewhere in France. His mother, Mrs e.e. Penle, of Mobile who is on a visit to her sister, Mrs J.N. Vaughn, No308 North McDonough Street, received a cablegram from the British Air Ministry advising her that her son has been missing a week. The message was dated Aug 20 and was signed by the secretary of the British Air Ministry. It Said: "Regret to inform you that Lieut. F.H. Beaufort, Royal Air forces, is reported missing on August 13. Letter follows" Lieutenant Beaufort was in Montgomery last December in the uniform of a British aviator and was the first airman to appear in this city in the English aviation garb. He is a man of magnificent physique, being 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing 185 pounds. He is a typical blonde and his many friends here pronounce him one of the finest physical specimens to be found anywhere. He is 27 years old. He is a native of Pensacola, but was reared and received his early education in Mobile and Montgomery. After attending a military school at mobile, he became a student at Auburn. He was always proud of the fact that his mother was an English woman, being a native of Liverpool, England, and at his first opportunity after the war started he seized the opportunity to render service to Great Britain by joining her air forces.