Cecil Francis Hughes DICKSON

Cecil Francis Hughes DICKSON
Birthdate:	September 22, 1896
Birthplace:	Jagersfontein, Free State, South Africa
Death:	1989 (92-93) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Immediate Family:	Son of Henry (Harry) Hughes Dickson, b5 and Julia Theodora Hughes-Dickson Husband of Helen Margaret Dickson Father of Nora Frances Wille and Private User Brother of Edwin Goddard Hughes-DICKSON; William Henry Hughes-DICKSON; Lilian Maud Every and Eileen Hughes-Dickson

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Last Updated:	May 24, 2018

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Immediate Family

Helen Margaret Dickson

wife
Nora Frances Wille

daughter
Private User

child
Henry (Harry) Hughes Dickson, b5

father
Julia Theodora Hughes-Dickson

mother
Edwin Goddard Hughes-DICKSON

brother
William Henry Hughes-DICKSON

brother
Lilian Maud Every

sister
Eileen Hughes-Dickson

sister

About Cecil Francis Hughes DICKSON

Cecil Hughes Dickson was a pilot on WW1, and spent some time in France.

World War I In April 1914 six pupils (with the probationary ranks of lieutenant in the ACF) were sent to England to undergo further training.[1] Five of them eventually qualified. When World War I broke out in August 1914, these pilots were granted permission to join the newly formed Royal Flying Corps (RFC). The number of South Africans in the RFC eventually reached approximately 3,000, with 260 active-duty fatalities. They took part in aerial reconnaissance and artillery spotting missions over France during the war. No fewer than 46 of them became fighter aces shooting down five or more enemy aircraft, with the most successful,

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Cecil Francis Hughes DICKSON's Timeline

1896	September 22, 1896	Birth of Cecil Francis Hughes DICKSON Jagersfontein, Free State, South Africa
1934	February 24, 1934	Birth of Nora Frances Wille Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
1989	1989 Age 92	Death of Cecil Francis Hughes DICKSON Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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