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Capt. Robert Alexander Birkbeck DFC.
Royal Flying Corps 1 Squadron
from:Oxted
Captain Robert Alexander Birkbeck DFC was born on 8th October 1898. He was appointed a flying officer in the Royal Flying Corps on 7th May 1917 and joined No. 1 Squadron RFC in France on the 10th June. On 3rd November 1917 he was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain. Birkbeck left the front for England in February 1918 and received the Distinguished Flying Cross on 3 June 1918.
After the war he remained in the RAF until 1925 at the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He died in Oxted on 9th of January 1938

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