He moved around a bit .... didn't he ? Aviator who was navigator on the flight of the Bremen After the flight, he continued to work in aviation. In WW1, Fitzmaurice joined the British Army and enlisted in the famous 17th Lancers and was wounded in action on the Western Front. After his recovery, he transferred to the Infantry and joined the 7th Battalion of the Queen’s Royal (West Surrey) Regiment attached to the 55th Division and it was in this unit that he fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. By the following year he was a Corporal and later was acting Platoon Sergeant. In June, 1917, he was accepted for Officer’s training and from November of that year until June 1918, he served as Second-Lieutenant of the 8th Irish Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment. Then he joined the RAF and successfully completed his pilot’s training but the war came to an end before he could join a frontline Squadron. Book just sold ! http://cgi.ebay.com/1928-pilot-sign...temQQimsxZ20091114?IMSfp=TL091114189008r38160
