LEST WE FORGET
(Flight) Lieutenant Charles Jarvis MOIR
Serving in the Royal Naval Air Service
Service No: Not Assigned
Unit: Unavailable
Died: 10 May 1917, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Oostende New Communal Cemetery
CWGC Additional Information: Croix De Gurre (France). Son of Alexander and Annie Moir of Myoora, Gordon Road, Greenwich, Sydney, Australia
Place of Association:
The AWM and CWGC show the rank as Flight Lieutenant. This was not an actual British rank until the formation of the RAF on 1 April 1918 and was likely used by those outside the services to indicate a Lieutenant in a flying role.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records