Flight Lieutenant Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor
VC, DSO, MC and Bar, DFC
Royal Air Force
Photo: Pat Irwin
Location
Situated in the North-West Province of South Africa
Mafikeng (Mahikeng) Main cemetery,
3 Carrington Street,Mafikeng Industrial,Mahikeng
25 deg 51min 22.2 sec S, 25 deg 38 min 11.34 sec E
Significance
Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, VC, DSO, MC and Bar, DFC was South Africa's leading ace of the First World War, being credited with 54 aerial victories.
He was killed in an accident in England in 1921 while serving in the Royal Air Force.
His body was re-interred in his hometown, Mafeking (now Mahikeng).
Photo: Pat Irwin
References
Military History Journal Vol 1 No 7 - December 1970 - "Colours in the Sky
Part II - THE S.E. 5a "by ARTHUR BLAKE