Captain Frank Granger Quigley

1. Captain (Air Force).
2. Private (Army). 1914-12-16 to 1916-12-31

Military Cross
Date of award: 1918-02-18

Military Cross First Bar
Date of award: 1918-05-13

Distinguished Service Order
Date of award: 1918-06-22

Son of Robert John and Annie Primrose Quigley, of Toronto, Ontario.

Went overseas with the Canadian Engineers and seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in early 1917.

Wounded March 27, 1918, returned to Canada to recover. Died of influenza upon returning to England in October 1918.

Captain Francis Granger Quigley D.S.O., M.C., R.A.F. who died at Liverpool on October 20th, was the youngest son of the late R. J. Quigley, of Toronto, Canada. In the Autumn of 1914 he was a science student at Queen's University, where during the two previous years he had distinguished himself in Rugby football and with the hockey team. At that time he joined the Canadian O.T.C., at Ottawa, and later joined a company of Canadian Engineers. It was with this unit that he went to France the following September (1915). After 16 month's service in the field, which included several rather severe engagements in the Ypres salient, at St.Eloi, and on the Somme, he transferred to the R.F.C. Returning to France as a pilot, he won his promotion to flight-commander, and was awarded the D.S.O. and the M.C. and bar. He had carried out many low-flying raids on the enemy's trenches, aerodromes, and back areas, and up to last March had been credited officially with 25 aerial victories (Flight; November 7, 1918)