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| Name: |
Stanley Wallace Rosevear |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1 Naval (RNAS)
201 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
25 |
| Born: |
09 March 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
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Walkerton, Ontario, Canada |
| Died: |
25 April 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Near Arras, France |
| Cemetery: |
St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent, Pas de Calais, France |
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A student of Applied Science at the University of Toronto (1915-1916) and the son of Howard Stanley and Ella Maude Rosevear of Port Arthur, Stanley Wallace Rosevear enlisted in the University Overseas Training Company in November 1916. In January 1917 he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service. After pilot training he was posted to France with 1 Naval Squadron in July 1917. In nine months Rosevear scored 25 victories before he was killed in a crash near Arras.
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
Flt. Sub-Lieut. Stanley Wallace Rosevear, R.N.A.S.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has destroyed several hostile machines, and has also attacked and scattered parties of enemy infantry from low altitudes, on one occasion from a height of only 100 feet.
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Bar |
Flt. Lieut. Stanley Wallace Rosevear, D.S.C., R.N.A.S.
For the skill and gallantry displayed by him on the 15th March, 1918, when he attacked a formation of eight enemy aircraft, destroying two of the enemy machines. This officer has destroyed numerous enemy machines and is a very skilful and dashing fighting pilot.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
14 Aug 1917 |
0840 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6299) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
NE of Ypres |
| 2 |
16 Aug 1917 |
0700 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6299) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Menin |
| 3 |
26 Aug 1917 |
0750 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6299) |
DFW C (OOC) 1 |
E of Deulemont |
| 4 |
19 Sep 1917 |
1010 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6299) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Becelaere |
| 5 |
17 Oct 1917 |
1045 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5489) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
S of Polygon Wood |
| 6 |
21 Oct 1917 |
0940 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5489) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
SE of Wervicq |
| 7 |
24 Oct 1917 |
1200 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5489) |
Albatros C (DESF) |
Comines |
| 8 |
24 Oct 1917 |
1200 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5489) |
C (DES) |
Comines |
| 9 |
05 Dec 1917 |
1410 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Vladsloo |
| 10 |
06 Dec 1917 |
0625 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
C (OOC) |
Ostend |
| 11 |
19 Feb 1918 |
1150 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DESF) 2 |
S of Zillebeke Lake |
| 12 |
06 Mar 1918 |
1315 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
Bouchoir |
| 13 |
10 Mar 1918 |
1530 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
C (OOC) |
Menin |
| 14 |
11 Mar 1918 |
1200 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
C (OOC) |
S of Armentières |
| 15 |
13 Mar 1918 |
0725 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Dixmude |
| 16 |
15 Mar 1918 |
1145 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
E of Dixmude |
| 17 |
15 Mar 1918 |
1145 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Pfalz D.III (DESF) |
E of Dixmude |
| 18 |
16 Mar 1918 |
1155 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
E of Roulers |
| 19 |
16 Mar 1918 |
1625 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Roulers |
| 20 |
21 Mar 1918 |
0715 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DESF) |
Nieuport |
| 21 |
21 Mar 1918 |
0720 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Nieuport |
| 22 |
21 Mar 1918 |
0720 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6428) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Nieuport |
| 23 |
06 Apr 1918 |
1315 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B6419) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
Mericourt |
| 24 |
22 Apr 1918 |
1110 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (D3363) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Hangard |
| 25 |
22 Apr 1918 |
1110 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (D3363) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Hangard |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL Herbert Rowley |
| 2 |
Shared with FCdr Alfred Carter |
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