Formilli, Geoffrey Cecil, 1891-1945

Formilli, Geoffrey Cecil, son of Cesare Tito Giuseppe Formalli, of West Brompton, by Alice Eleanor, daughter of Morgan Morgans, of The Forest of Dean, Gloucs; b. Oct. 17, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (A); left Dec. 1910; R.M.A. Woolwich; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 19, 1912; went to France with the 112th Heavy Battery in Feb. 1915; Lieut. June 9, 1915; transferred in France to the R.A.F. in Dec. 1915; was shot down behind the German lines in Jan. 1916 and became a prisoner of war; Capt. July 18, 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 16, 1919; Capt. R. A. R. O. at the outbreak of Great War II; re-employed at the War Office; Lieut.-Col.; ceased to belong to R.A.R.O. on account of ill-health Feb. 18, 1944; m. Sept. 4, 1934, Celia, only daughter of Sir William Athelstane Meredith Goode, K.B.E., of Paddington; d. Oct. 7, 1945.

International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963