William Molesworth

Lieutenant Colonel William Earle Molesworth (14 March 1894 – 22 October 1955) was a British First World War flying ace credited with eighteen aerial victories. Biography Molesworth was born on 14 March 1894, the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Molesworth , of the Indian Medical Service, and Winifred Anne Weeks. He attended Marlborough College from 1908 to 1912, then trained for an army career at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, from 1912 to 1914. On 8 August 1914, four days after Britain entered the First World War, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Munster Fusiliers. From October 1914 Molesworth served in the trenches on the Western Front in France. He was promoted to lieutenant on 15 November 1914, later backdated to 30 August 1914. He was wounded in December, but returned to duty and served with the Fusiliers until March 1916.