Leslie Norman Hollinghurst
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air Chief Marshal Sir Leslie Norman Hollinghurst GBE, KCB, DFC was a British First World War Flying Ace who later became an Air Chief Marshal in the RAF.
Hollinghurst was born in Middlesex, England on 2 January 1895.
[edit] Involvement in the First World War
Hollinghurst first served with the Royal Engineers but was later commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment, participating in the Gallipoli landings. He learned to fly while serving in Egypt and went on to become a Captain in No. 87 Squadron RAF flying Sopwith Dolphins.
[edit] References
|
|||||
Categories: Royal Air Force air marshals | Middlesex Regiment officers | Royal Engineers officers | British Army personnel of World War I | British World War I flying aces | People from Middlesex | Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire | Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath | Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross
