- GB-2014-WSA-03291
- Person
- 1894-1916
Bird, Eric Hinckes, brother of Ashley Hinckes Bird (q.v.); b. Sept. 27, 1894; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left July 1912; R. M.C. Sandhurst Dec. 4, 1912; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 30, 1914; temp. Lieut. Feb. 11 - April 15, 1915; "Lieut. April 16, 1915; was invalided home after some six months on the western front; subsequently attached to the 25th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps as an Observer, and returned to France in June 1916; d. June 27, 1916, of wounds received in an air fight on the western front the previous day.