Lieut. John Percival Van Ryneveld
(1894-1918)

Lieut. John Percival Van Ryneveld ¹ ^,2 ^,10

Born: 26 Dec 1894
Christened: 27 Jan 1895, Senekal, Orange Free State, South Africa
Died: 2 Jun 1918, Dartford, Kent, England aged 23 ² ^,10
Buried: Dartford, Kent, England

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bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VxfUcyhUeQgY1Cx6it%2BEGQ&scan=1
He was 23.

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=John+De+Villiers&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=Van+Ryneveld&gsln_x=XO&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=18177677&db=ONSDeath93&indiv=1

And

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-Q5K6?i=23&cc=1910846

bullet Christening Notes:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-Q5K6?i=23&cc=1910846

bullet Death Notes:

Pilot in RFC/RAF in WW1.

Lieutenant JOHN PERCIVAL VAN RYNEVELD, R.A.F., who was killed in a flying accident near Dartford on June 2nd, aged 23, was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J, Van
Ryneveld, of Theunissen, O.F.S., South Africa. He was educated at Winburg and Grey College, Bloemfontein. He was wounded in 1914 while serving under Commandant Pretorius in the operations against the Rebellion. He left South Africa in April, 1917, to join the R.F.C.

See http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1918/1918%20-%200695.htmll

And

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VxfUcyhUeQgY1Cx6it%2BEGQ&scan=1

And

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32258196&ref=wvr

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT VAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE R2125
PART 1
DESCRIPTION VAN RIJNEVELD, JOHN PERCIVAL.
STARTING 19180000
ENDING 19180000

And

DEATH OF LT. JOHN VAN RYNEVELD, PILOT IN THE RFC, 1918

Extract from the book "Open Cockpit", written by Arthur Gould Lee (retired Air Vice Marshall)

The book deals with Lee's work as a Royal Flying Corps fighter pilot not only on active service in France, but also while instructing others.

In April 1918, he was in command of 'A' Flight in No 63 Training Squadron at Joyce Green aerodrome, near Dartford, which he rated as a most unsuitable place for the training of pilots. Many got killed.

"There were several reasons for the numerous accidents at Joyce Green. First for the inexperienced pilot, the Camel was the most treacherous machine of all the aeroplanes of the war"

Pilots were often killed in collisions between Camels during sham fights in the air. Lee relates "One of these I happened to see take place south of Dartford when in the air a quarter of a mile away, giving dual instruction in an Avro. One of the pilots then killed was the South African Lieutenant Van Ryneveld, the younger brother of Colonel Van Ryneveld, at that time commanding the Eleventh Wing of the R.F.C in France"

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32258196&ref=wvr

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Education. ² Winburg and Grey College, Bloemfontein.
London University

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02861.pdf

• Marital Status. ² He was engaged to Enid Collard who subesequently married his brother.

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The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

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Lieut. John Percival Van Ryneveld ¹ ^,2 ^,10