Cecil Hoffnung Marks
Born:
17 Kislev 5648 (03 December 1887)
Died:
15 Heshvan 5676 (23 October 1915)
Basic Information
Birth
Date of birth:
17 Kislev 5648 (03 December 1887)
Death
Date of death:
15 Heshvan 5676 (23 October 1915)
Place of death:
Saint Quentin
Cause of death:
Killed in Action - shot down by a German fighter
Burial place:
St Souplet British Cemetery
Places
Addresses
His home:
5 Cavendish Square, London (1914)
Army Barracks :
Mill Hill Barracks, Bittacy Hill (1911)
Schools
Name:
Hewlett and Blondeau Flying School
Other Organisations
Significance:
One of the first 100 English officers to be qualified as a flyer
Killed in Action and later enquiry
He had been engaged in an escort and reconnaissance patrol when a German fighter, piloted by Hans-Joachim Buddecke, shot down his BE2c in the vicinity of Saint Quentin. His observer, Lieutenant Will Lawrence, brother of Lawrence of Arabia, perished with him - the first two casualties sustained by the squadron.
The pair were initially buried in the German Soldiers' Cemetery, where they remained until being reburied at St. Souplet British Cemetery after the war. In 1919, a deposition from officials of St. Quentin implied that the two airmen had been murdered. It was alleged that the town clerk, M. Vatin, had illicitly examined their bodies, identifying multiple gunshot wounds and noting that they were covered in mud, which he suggested was indicative of some form of struggle.
(Information from TheyServedWiki)
Family
Siblings
Aston Eric David Marks (male)
Parents
Father: Claude Laurie Marks (male)
Mother: Caroline Hoffnung (female)
Homefront
Military Record
Military service:
British Army
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1906
Date discharged/death:
23 October 1915
Rank at discharge/death:
Captain
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corp
Battalion/unit:
9th Squadron
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corp
Battalion/unit:
13th Squadron
Regiment:
Middlesex Regiment
Roll of Honour
C. H. MARKS, 25 October 1915
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
23 October 1915
Regiment / service:
Royal Flying Corps, 13th Sqdn.
Cemetery:
St. Souplet British Cemetery, France
Grave reference:
I. H. 33.
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Career Soldier
Date left:
23 October 1915
Position:
Lieutenant and Captain
Organisation:
British Army
