Birmingham Aviator’s Death: Second Lieutenant Philip Ryland Pinsent, the Royal Flying Corps, who has died of wounds, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Pinsent, Selly Wick, Birmingham. Lieutenant Pinsent, who was educated at Horris Hill and Winchester, obtained his commission in the Royal Flying Corps in April. He went to the front early in July and was severely wounded in an air fight the 23rd inst., succumbing to his wounds the following day, the eve of his 19th birthday.
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GRO0774 Devonport: Philip Ryland Pinsent: 1897 – 1916
GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948