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British Aviators in New York Recruiting Office
In New York City a British Royal Air Force recruiting corner features two notable young men. Lord George Wellesley, 28, son of the Duke of Wellington, recently promoted to lieutenant colonel and tasked with gathering Britons for air service. Lieutenant Theodore Marburg Jr., an American with a storied link to Belgium, wounded in action and now returning to France to fly again.
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West Forty-second Street
New York City
Lord George Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Royal Air Force
Air Service
Louise Nesta Pamela Wellesley
Lord Richard Wellesley
Sir Maurice Fitzgerald
Knight of
Kerry
Theodore Marburg, Jr
New York
Marburg
Baroness Gesselle de Vivario
Belgium
Toronto
Texas
British Air Service
Army
Navy
Lord Wellesley
Mons
Marne
Aisne
Soissonrs
Ypres
England
France
Egypt
Europe
United States
Suez
Canada Canal