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Robert Gregory (RFC officer), the Glossary

William Robert Gregory (20 May 1881 – 23 January 1918) was an Irish flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He was also an accomplished artist and cricket player.^[1]

38 relations: An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, Augustus John, Bowling average, Bowls, Boxing, Chelsea, London, Connaught Rangers, Coole Park, Cricket, Equestrianism, First-class cricket, Flying ace, Friendly fire, George McElroy, Harrow School, Influenza, Inoculation, Ireland cricket team, Irish Air Corps, Irish America (magazine), Jacques-Émile Blanche, Lady Gregory, Leg spin, Legion of Honour, Mick Mannock, Military Cross, Nieuport 17, Padua, Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, Royal Flying Corps, RTÉ News, Scotland national cricket team, Slade School of Fine Art, Sopwith Camel, The Irish Times, University of Oxford, W. B. Yeats, William Henry Gregory.
Artists from County Galway
Connaught Rangers officers
Cricketers from County Galway
Friendly fire incidents of World War I
Irish World War I flying aces
Irish officers of the Royal Flying Corps
People from Gort

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of The Wild Swans at Coole in 1919.

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Augustus John

Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. Robert Gregory (RFC officer) and Augustus John are Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art.

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Bowling average

In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken.

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Bowls

Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.

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Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an affluent area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles.

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Connaught Rangers

The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) in July 1881.

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Coole Park

Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.

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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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Friendly fire

In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets.

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George McElroy

Captain George Edward Henry McElroy MC & Two Bars, DFC & Bar (14 May 1893 – 31 July 1918) was a leading Irish fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I. He was credited with 47 aerial victories. Robert Gregory (RFC officer) and George McElroy are British military personnel killed in World War I and Irish World War I flying aces.

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Harrow School

Harrow School is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England.

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Influenza

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu" or just "flu", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses.

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Inoculation

Inoculation is the act of implanting a pathogen or other microbe or virus into a person or other organism.

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Ireland cricket team

The Ireland men's cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket.

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Irish Air Corps

The Air Corps (An tAerchór) is the air force of Ireland.

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Irish America (magazine)

Irish America is a bi-monthly periodical that aims to cover topics relevant to the Irish in North America including a range of political, economic, social, and cultural themes.

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Jacques-Émile Blanche

Jacques-Émile Blanche (1 January 1861 – 30 September 1942) was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris.

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Lady Gregory

Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. Robert Gregory (RFC officer) and Lady Gregory are Irish Anglicans and People from Gort.

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Leg spin

Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Mick Mannock

Edward Corringham "Mick" Mannock (24 May 1887 – 26 July 1918) was a British-Irish flying ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War. Robert Gregory (RFC officer) and Mick Mannock are British military personnel killed in World War I and Irish World War I flying aces.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Nieuport 17

The Nieuport 17 C.1 (or Nieuport XVII C.1 in contemporary sources) is a French sesquiplane fighter designed and manufactured by the Nieuport company during World War I. An improvement over the Nieuport 11, it was a little larger than earlier Nieuports and better adapted to the more powerful engine than the interim Nieuport 16.

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Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua.

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Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

The Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 is a British two-seat biplane reconnaissance and bomber aircraft of the First World War that was designed and produced at the Royal Aircraft Factory.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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RTÉ News

RTÉ News and Current Affairs (Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), also known simply as RTÉ News (Nuacht RTÉ), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster italic (RTÉ).

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Scotland national cricket team

The Scotland national men's cricket team (Scottish Gaelic: Sgioba nàiseanta criogaid na h-Alba; Scots Scotland naitional cricket team) represents the country of Scotland.

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Slade School of Fine Art

The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England.

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Sopwith Camel

The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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W. B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Robert Gregory (RFC officer) and w. B. Yeats are Irish Anglicans.

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William Henry Gregory

Sir William Henry Gregory PC (Ire) KCMG (13 July 1816 – 6 March 1892) was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician, who is now less remembered than his wife Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder and Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, literary hostess and folklorist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gregory_(RFC_officer)

Also known as Major Robert Gregory, Robert Gregory (cricketer), Robert Gregory (flying ace), William Robert Gregory.

Robert Gregory (RFC officer), the Glossary

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See also

Artists from County Galway

Connaught Rangers officers

Cricketers from County Galway

Friendly fire incidents of World War I

Irish World War I flying aces

Irish officers of the Royal Flying Corps

People from Gort

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