Source: AirHistory.org.uk, Royal Flying Corps, Index to RFC/RAF rank and file P
URL: https://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/rankandfile-P.html
Accessed: 23 April 2026

Context:

The page states that the indexed rank-and-file military records are held by The National Archives at Kew in AIR 79, and that the files have been digitized by Findmypast. This raw text records only the public index entry, not the underlying service file.

Extracted index row:

Surname: Ponceby
Init.: DE
First names: Donald Edwin
No.: 171884

Research notes:

- Verify the underlying AIR 79 service record before accepting this as Donald Edwin Ponceby's military service.
- Donald Edwin Ponceby, born 28 August 1902, would have been a teenager near the end of World War I, so age and service-date context need to be checked in the service file.