Sergeant James Hubert Ronald Green (7 February 1897 – 15 December 1917) was a
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
flying ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...
credited with six aerial victories.
Early life
Green was born on 7 February 1897 in Buckland, Berkshire, the son of Walter and Annie Louisa Green; his father was a groom.
Death
Green was killed in a flying accident near Norwich on 15 December 1917.
He was buried at
Abingdon, Berkshire.
References
1897 births
1917 deaths
British World War I flying aces
People from Vale of White Horse (district)
Royal Flying Corps soldiers
Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor
Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in England
People from Buckland, Oxfordshire
British military personnel killed in World War I
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