Dermot O'neil Driscoll

  General Notes:

From the Times of India, 11/12/1890:
Surname Driscoll
sex son
Gender m
Place Mandalay
Year 1890 month Nov day 21 Exact Entry Nov 21 at Mandalay the wife of DP Driscoll of a son
Edition Year 1890
Edition Date 11 Dec


He was a Rubber & Tea Planter in Ceylon until 1914 when he returned to the UK to take part in the war.

Medical Papers indicate that he was examined for appointment to the Royal Flying Corp, while in Egypt, in July 1916.

He died in North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesborough from Bronchial Pneumonia following burns received when his plane crashed and caught fire after engine failure.

Commonwealth War Graves Details: Name: DRISCOLL, DERMOT O'NEIL Initials: D O Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: Royal Air Force Secondary Regiment: Middlesex Regiment Secondary Unit Text: and Date of Death: 13/08/1918 Additional information: Son of Col. D.P. Driscoll, C.M.G., D.S.O. and Mrs Isabel May Driscoll. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: P. 2751. Cemetery: RICHMOND CEMETERY, SURREY

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 22 Feb 1891, Mandalay.

• Occupation: 2/Lieutenant Regiment: Royal Air Force Secondary Regiment: Middlesex Regiment Secondary Unit. Attestation Papers on 1/2/1915 list previous military service with Royal North Devon Hussars in 1910.

Also listed as Protestant

He went to Ireland in approximately March 1916 and stayed at Moor Park camp near Kilworth.

He subsequently went to Egypt in May 1916.

War Office Notes indicate that he was most likely involved in two crashes, the first of which he was injured after his plane went into a spinning nose dive, sustaining cuts on face and injuries to the knee at Wyton Aerodrome, Huntingdon on 1/7/1917. No blame was attributed to the pilot. Also the plane was listed as an RAF R.E.8 No A.4194, a slow two seater reconnaissance plane.

At the time of the second accident, he was serving with 1/4 Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own
(Aeroplane Pilot) No.1 Fighting School., Turnberry
Died of injuries Tuesday 13 August 1918 aged 25, he was injured whilst flying gB1179 BRISTOL 96 F.2B FIGHTER 2347 B1179(G) and sustained burns and subsequently died from shock and septic pneumonia.

• Alt. Death.

• Military Service: Duke of Cambridge 's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1918, Middlesex, UK. Served as a lieutenant with 1, 4 Battalion

• Military Service: RFC, 1918.