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William Victor Trevor Rooper

Index William Victor Trevor Rooper

Captain William Victor Trevor Rooper (10 May 1897 – 9 October 1917) was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories, before becoming Xavier Dannhuber's seventh victim. [1]

40 relations: Albatros D.V, Bailleul, Nord, Bilton Grange, Charles Lavers, Charterhouse School, Cheshire, Chester, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Croix de guerre (Belgium), Denbighshire (historic), Denbighshire Hussars, Despatch rider, Flight commander, Flight International, Flying ace, French Red Cross, Gresford, Jagdstaffel 26, Jemima Rooper, Kent, Langemark-Poelkapelle, List of World War I aces credited with 8 victories, Nieuport 17, Nieuport 27, No. 1 Squadron RAF, Nord (French department), Osprey Publishing, Philip F. Fullard, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Robert A. Birkbeck, Royal Flying Corps, Second lieutenant, Sir Thomas Royden, 1st Baronet, Speldhurst, Territorial Force, Western Front (World War I), Xavier Dannhuber, Yeomanry, Zandvoorde, Zonnebeke, Zonnebeke.

Albatros D.V

The Albatros D.V was a fighter aircraft used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family, and the last Albatros fighter to see operational service.

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Bailleul, Nord

Bailleul (Belle in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Bilton Grange

Bilton Grange is a preparatory school located in Dunchurch, near Rugby, Warwickshire.

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Charles Lavers

Captain Charles Stewart Touzeau Lavers (17 August 1896 – 1979) was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.

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Charterhouse School

Charterhouse is an independent day and boarding school in Godalming, Surrey.

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Cheshire

Cheshire (archaically the County Palatine of Chester) is a county in North West England, bordering Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south and Flintshire, Wales and Wrexham county borough to the west.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars.

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Croix de guerre (Belgium)

The Croix de guerre (French) or Oorlogskruis (Dutch), both literally translating as "War Cross", is a military decoration of the Kingdom of Belgium established by royal decree on 25 October 1915.

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Denbighshire (historic)

Historic Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is one of thirteen traditional counties in Wales, a vice-county and a former administrative county, which covers an area in north east Wales.

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Denbighshire Hussars

The Denbighshire Hussars was a unit of the British Army formed in 1794.

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Despatch rider

A despatch rider (or dispatch) is a military messenger, mounted on horse or motorcycle (and occasionally in Egypt during World War I, on camels).

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Flight commander

A flight commander is the leader of a constituent portion of an aerial squadron in aerial operations, often into combat.

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Flight International

Flight International (or simply Flight) is a weekly magazine focused on aerospace, published in the United Kingdom.

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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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French Red Cross

The French Red Cross (Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM).

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Gresford

Gresford (Gresffordd) is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.

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Jagdstaffel 26

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 26 was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 177 verified aerial victories, including four observation balloons destroyed.

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Jemima Rooper

Jemima Rooper (born 24 October 1981) is an English actress.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Langemark-Poelkapelle

Langemark-Poelkapelle is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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List of World War I aces credited with 8 victories

This list is complete.

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Nieuport 17

The Nieuport 17 C.1 was a French sesquiplaneA type of biplane in which one pair of wings is markedly smaller than the other.

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Nieuport 27

The Nieuport 27 was a French sesquiplane fighter aircraft during World War I designed by Gustave Delage.

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No. 1 Squadron RAF

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Nord (French department)

Nord (North; Noorderdepartement) is a department in the far north of France.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history.

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Philip F. Fullard

Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard, (27 May 1897 – 24 April 1984) was an English First World War flying ace, one of the most successful fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps, with a reputation as a superb combat leader.

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Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke

Polygon Wood is a forest located between Ypres and Zonnebeke, Belgium.

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Robert A. Birkbeck

Captain Robert Alexander Birkbeck (8 October 1898 – 9 January 1938), was a British World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War, until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Sir Thomas Royden, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Bland Royden, 1st Baronet (20 February 1831 – 29 August 1917) was an English shipowner and Conservative Party politician.

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Speldhurst

Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England.

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Territorial Force

The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer organisation, created in 1908 to help meet the military needs of the United Kingdom (UK) without resorting to conscription.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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Xavier Dannhuber

Lieutenant Xavier Dannhuber was a German World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories.

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Yeomanry

Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Army Reserve, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments.

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Zandvoorde, Zonnebeke

Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part (deelgemeente) of the municipality of Zonnebeke.

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Zonnebeke

Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Victor_Trevor_Rooper

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