Lieutenant Sydney WOODROW

Lieutenant Sidney Woodrow{gallery}Lt S Woodrow{/gallery}No 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp att. 54 Squadron, Royal Flying Corp
Killed in a flying accident, Castle Bromwich, 23rd September 1916 aged 30

• Buried: Curdworth St Nicholas Churchyard
  
• Son of the Thomas and Emily Woodrow
• Husband of Ella Gertrude Woodrow of 9 Sutherland St, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
• NNWFHS Memorial: Curdworth Airmen Memorial
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Lt Woodrow
• NNWFHS Curdworth War Memorial Page
• Curdworth Churchyard
• Royal Flying Corp

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 4 Mar 1886 at Buangor, Victoria, Australia
• Lived at the Flying School, Laverton, Australia [1916]
  Enlisted c1908. Click here for his full Australian Service Records [PDF]
  
• Embarked from Australia aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 16 March 1916
• Propeller Memorial at Curdworth St Nicholas Church
  The relatives of Lt Woodrow commissioned a memorial to him made from an original four-blade propeller. This is situated in the nave at St Nicholas Church. It is inscribed:
  

  In Loving Memory of Sidney Woodrow Australian Flying Corps Who died in an Aeroplane accident Sep 23 1916

  
  Summary of Flying Accident
  

  23/09/1916 Sopwith 1½ Strutter, serial 7772, of 54 Squadron dived to the ground in the Wishaw area, possibly because the pilot was ill. A police constable who saw the accident said the machine seemed to nose-dive from the clouds. The coroner expressed the opinion that the deceased was seized with a fainting fit which caused him to lose consciousness. A verdict of’ Accidental Death was recorded.