William Rhodes-Moorhouse Father & Son

[Peter Brown]

The Royal Flying Corps First Victoria Cross

On 26 April 1915 at Kortrijk, Belgium, Rhodes-Moorhouse swept low in his B.E 2 over the railway junction that he had been ordered to attack. He released his 100 lb bomb and was immediately plunged into a heavy barrage of small arms fire from rifles and a machine-gun in the belfry of Kortrijk Church; he was severely wounded by a bullet in his thigh, and his plane was badly hit. Returning to the Allied lines, he again ran into heavy fire from the ground and was wounded twice more. He managed to get his aircraft back, and insisted on making his report before being taken to the Casualty Clearing Station. He died the next day, 27 April 1915. For this action he was awarded the Royal Flying Corps 1st Victoria Cross.
His body was returned to England and buried at the family home Parnham Park, Beaminster, Dorset.
25 years later, 6 September 1940, his son serving in the Royal Air Force, 601 Squadron was killed when his Hurricane was shot down by a Bf 109 over Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His remains were buried along side his father.

[Waffenamt]

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