Paul John (John) Rodocanachi

1898 - 1917  (18 years)

• Name	Paul John (John) Rodocanachi
  Birth	07 Aug 1898	London, England UK
  Christening	11 Nov 1899	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	God-parents: Despina P. Rodocanachi. [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1917	Torreken Farm Cemetery, Ypres [Leper], West Flanders, Belgium
  	Grave C6. His observer, Norman Watt, who died of his wounds is in Grave C5.
  Death	27 Jul 1917	Wytschaete, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  	Second Lieutenant, No 53 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Shot down and killed in RE8 A4303 near Wytschaete, Belgium. Memorialized on the Crawley Down and Copthorne memorials. Death notice appeared in The Times (London) 3 Aug 1917. Memorial notices appeared in The Times (London) 28 Jul 1919 and 27 Jul 1922. Estate valued at £284 1s. 2d. went to Lettie Hulme-King. [2]
  Notes	2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps. CWGC says he died on 27 July 1917 (aged 17). Killed in action and buried at Torreken Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Residence: Down Cottage, Crawley Down, Sussex, England.
  Person ID	I1976	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	John Matthew (Paul) Rodocanachi,   b. 15 Jan 1854, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK d. 14 Apr 1912, Calcutta, Bengal, British India (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Nettie Eliza Reide (John) Clough,   b. 29 Jan 1871, Calcutta, Bengal, British India d. 22 Apr 1943, Shoreham, Kent, England UK (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1896	Calcutta, Bengal, British India
  Notes	The marriage of John Matthew Rodocanachi and Nettie Eliza R. Falconer is listed in the British India Registry Office Marriage Index 1896-1900, N/11, v. 9, folio 266. Previous: the marriage of Wm Fredk. Falconer and Nellie E. R. Clough is listed in the British India Registry Office Marriage Index 1889, N1, v. 207, folio 300. Subsequent: 1CWGC records that she married again, becoming Nettie Hulme King of Park Farm, Holbrook, Horsham, Sussex (Christopher Long).
  Family ID	F850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 07 Aug 1898 - London, England UK Christening - 11 Nov 1899 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Burial - 1917 - Torreken Farm Cemetery, Ypres [Leper], West Flanders, Belgium Death - 27 Jul 1917 - Wytschaete, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Paul Rodocanachi

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Paul John Rodocanachi WWI medal card
  		Paul Rodocanachi's air card Source: Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950
  		Paul John Rodocanachi 1918 Probate

  
  

  Headstones

  Torreken Farm Cemetery, Belgium cemetery website

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Feb 1983, 16. Records of Baptisms from the Church of St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995.