Walbanke Ashby Pritt
Lieutenant Walbanke Ashby Pritt, (31 January 1897 – 27 January 1928) was a British First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Early life Pritt was born and grew up in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, the son of Walter Charles Ashby Pritt, a cotton factor (commission merchant), and his wife Marguerite Bianca Selina Pritt. His army records indicate that he attended St Peter's School in York from September 1909 to February 1916. He passed the entrance exams for Sandhurst in February 1916, but was rejected for officer training as being too small. First World War After being rejected by Sandhurst he opted to try flying. On 16 September 1916 Pritt passed his Royal Aero Club flying test and was awarded Aviators' Certificate No. 3564, after soloing a Caudron at the Wallisdown School in Bournemouth, and was then accepted by the Royal Flying Corps for flying training as a cadet. He underwent training at the Cadet School at Denham and No. 2 School of Military Aeronautics at Oxford. Commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation) on the General List for service on the RFC on 4 March 1917. he was then posted to No. 41 Reserve Squadron and No.