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

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