Anthony Wilding at an aerodrome in France, 1915
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand born tennis player and four-times Wimbledon champion pictured at an aerodrome somewhere in France in 1915 with from left, Miss Maxine Elliott and Lady Drogheda. He was attached to the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. Wilding died near Neuve Chapelle, France on 9 May 1915 while fighting in the Battle of Aubers Ridge
Picture No
13989524
Media ID
45686872
Size
5400px x 3460px
(1.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in a book, Captain Anthony Wilding by A. Wallis Myers, 1916
Date
1915
