Hi Rachel, The information came from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was backed up by an expert on the RAF. Actually three RAF JACKSONs died in 1919 and while a lot of JACKSONs in the services died in 1919 - 81 to be exact - only three of them were serving in the RAF. One of them was buried in France, so he doesn't count. The character who is supposed to be a ghost died two days before the photograph and buried the same day, therefore it means he is likely to have been buried in the UK. The choice of RAF staff was narrowed down to Sergeant Ivor John JACKSON and Private William JACKSON. Neither called Freddy officially but the armed servicemen and women often ended up with nicknames, usually based on a joke or something like that. One problem is that Cranwell until 1919 was run by the RNAS and called HMS Daedalus (after a training ship anchored in the Medway) and the servicemen and women at Cranwell were from all branches of the services including the Merchant Navy. I have also checked the BMDs but they are incomplete and William JACKSON isn't recorded on Ancestry or Free BMD, but he is on the CWGC and when you check the date on the images available on Ancestry he is there too. The servicemen and women became officially RAF when the RFC and RNAS joined together to create the RAF, so it was suggested to me that the three who were serving with the RAF are likely to be the best candidates for Freddy JACKSON. There were several Fredericks and some Alfreds in other services but none suited the information and some died abroad. Long answer but might be useful. I haven't got anywhere with Freddy and so I may have to contact Cranwell itself but they don't seem to have an e-mail address. Best wishes, Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Boyd" <rachel-boyd@sbcglobal.net> To: <monmouthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [MON] Ivor John JACKSON > I'm curious where you got the information that only two RAF men died in UK > in 1919. (I'm not disputing, just wondering what your source is). Sorry I > can't help in your quest. > Rachel > CT, USA