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Tom Hazell, a leading RFC air ace who survived the war with 43 aerial victories Who's Who: Ireland
Updated - Sunday, 16 February, 2003

This page of the Who's Who section of the site lists biographical entries by country - in this case, Ireland.

Among the entries listed here are biographies of the Irish nationalist Sir Roger Casement - executed as a wartime traitor by the British government; and Tom Hazell, who as a leading airman with the British Royal Flying Corps achieved some 43 aerial victories. Among others there is also a biographical sketch of Sir Hubert Gough, a key wartime commander ultimately relieved of active command on account of perceived failures during the Passchendaele campaign..

Sir Roger Casement, Irish Nationalist

Sir Hubert Gough, General

Alfred Harmsworth, Director of Propaganda

Tom Hazell, Fighter Pilot

Lord Kitchener, Minister of War

Louis James Lipsett, General

George McElroy, Fighter Pilot

Lord Northcliffe, Director of Propaganda

Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of Imperial General Staff

A "toffee apple" was a large German trench mortar, resembling a large toffee apple.