Maurice Graham English

Maurice Graham English (1898 - 16 July 1918) was a World War I Irish aviator who was shot down by German flying ace Hans Goerth.
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Maurice English was the second son of John Graham English and his wife Ellen "Nellie" Jane English of Marlborough Street in Derry, County Londonderry, Ireland. A native of Derry, he was born in the second quarter of 1898 and attended Foyle College in the city. English was a member of the First Derry Presbyterian Church, and was with Brown's Engineering Works before he joined the service. The aviator's aircraft was Airco DH.4 (A7868). The twenty-year-old, who had been acting as observer, died in the aerial combat near Moere, as did the pilot, Lieutenant Ashfield.<ref namecwgc/><ref nameAcesbook/> During World War I, the German flying ace Hans Goerth was credited with seven aerial victories,<ref nameAcesbook/><ref nameaeroHG/> of which the downing of English's de Havilland was the third. <ref nameAcesbook/><ref nameaeroHG/> Maurice Graham English was interred at the Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery near Nieuwpoort in West Flanders.<ref namephoto/><ref namecwgc/> However, the Irish aviator is also represented on a cenotaph, the Diamond War Memorial, in the center of Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.<ref name=diamondMGE/>

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