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William Robert Gregory MC (20 May 1881 – 23 January 1918) [1] was an Irish flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He was also an accomplished artist and cricket player. His death was memorialised in a series of poems by W. B. Yeats.
Robert Gregory—Ireland’s most famous aviator. Ironically, once the war was over all three—Mannock, McCudden, and McElroy—were eclipsed in the national consciousness by an earlier member of 40 Squadron, Major Robert Gregory.
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The only child of William Henry Gregory and Lady Gregory, an associate of W. B. Yeats, Robert was born in County Galway in Ireland in May 1881. He grew up in the couple's houses in Ireland and England (Coole Park and London).He studied at Harrow, Oxford University and the Slade School of Art
He excelled at bowls, boxing, horse riding and cricket. He was good enough at cricket to play once for the Ireland cricket team, taking 8/80 with his leg spin bowling in a first-class match against Scotland in 1912. He didn't score a run. His bowling performance in that match remains the tenth best in all matches for Ireland and the fourth best in ...
An accomplished artist, he studied in London at the Slade School of Fine Art, eventually marrying another Slade student, Margaret Parry; his best-man was Augustus John, who had assisted him in developing his style. He worked in Paris at the design studio of Jacques Émile Blanche, and had his own exhibition of paintings in Chelsea in 1914. He was al...
In 1915 Gregory joined the war effort, although he was now 34, and had three children. He briefly became a member of the 4th Connaught Rangers, but quickly transferred in 1916 to the Royal Flying Corps. A fighter pilot, he eventually was credited with eight victories. His colleagues Mick Mannock and George McElroy, with many more victories, became ...
He was killed in Italy at the age of 36. It has been commonly stated that he was the victim of "friendly fire", when an Italian pilot mistakenly shot him down. However, his death is also referred to in other sources as a flying accident. Further, in 2017, Geoffrey O'Byrne White, a director of the Irish Aviation Authority, great-grandnephew of Lady ...
Lines from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" were recited by one of the crew of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in the 1990 film Memphis Belle.
This morning, 43 Squadron RFC in their Sopwith Strutters were on a reconnaissance mission escorted by FE8s from 40 Squadron RFC. Jasta 11 scrambled to intercept them. The combat showed that a strong formation could protect against the superior German fighters.
2. Jan. 2018 · Major Robert Gregory RFC was officially listed as Killed in Action over the Italian Front on the Italian front on 23 January 1918. It is believed he was shot down in error by an Italian pilot. - but now it is being claimed that he died of a Flu jab!
- He was with 66Sq in Italy and his Camel (B2475) crashed after going into a spin at 2000ft nr Monasterio during a test flight. The aircraft came dow...
- Robert Gregory's Casualty Card does not state that he was "shot down in error by an Italian pilot". It says that he was killed in a flying accident...
- Then that is particularly unfortunate. Bearing in mind that the correct cause of influenza ( a virus) wasn't identified until 1933, and the first e...
- I thought the US was the first country to develop a vaccine - but not until October 1918. https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/spanish-in...
- An interesting report, but appears to be one of the blind alleys that medicine drives itself into from time to time. Although the intention was to...
- #5 - I thought the US was the first country to develop a vaccine - but not until October 1918 I was trying to show that if this was the first vacci...
- Apologies. I can now read your words in the context in which you intended. What you say is absolutely correct, as is MrSwan above.
- I first came across this tale when I received a copy of a document, which was held by the RAF Museum at Hendon some years ago RAFM Cat no DC73/104/...
- Picking up on the epidemic, the link above (www.historyofvaccines.org) appears to only reference articles upto 2010. A more recent paper ('Genesis...
- Major Robert Gregory did not have a flu jab (#1). The first influenza vaccine was developed after his death. See #6 ….. it is most likely that Majo...
30. Aug. 2002 · On February 2 1918, a day after she heard that her only son had died while flying with his squadron on the Italian front, Lady Gregory wrote briefly to WB Yeats: ‘The long dreaded telegram has come - Robert has been killed in action ….it is very hard to bear.’
William Robert Gregory MC (20 May 1881 – 23 January 1918) [1] was an Irish flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He was also an accomplished artist and cricket player. His death was memorialised in a series of poems by W. B. Yeats.
