Henry St John Fancourt

Henry Fancourt
Fancourt (third from left) in 1942
Born(1900-04-01)1 April 1900
Birmingham, UK
Died8 January 2004(2004-01-08) (aged 103)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1914–1949
RankCaptain
Commands822 Squadron
HMS Sparrowhawk
4th Destroyer Flotilla
HMS Argus
HMS Unicorn
Battles/warsWorld War I
- Jutland
Palestine (1929)
World War II
- Operation Torch
AwardsDSO
Mentioned in despatches (1918; May 1941)

Captain Henry Lockhart St John Fancourt DSO (1 April 1900 – 8 January 2004) was a British pioneering naval aviator, and held important aviation commands with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. When Fancourt died at the age of 103, he was one of the last, if not the last, survivor who had actively been involved in the Battle of Jutland.[1]

  1. ^ "Captain Henry St John Fancourt". The Daily Telegraph. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2010.