Captain John William Aldred MC & Bar (26 August 1884 – 7 June 1967) was an English World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
[6] Aldred transferred to the General List of the Royal Flying Corps as an aerial observer effective 30 August 1916.
Those two victories earned him a Military Cross,[1] which was gazetted on 26 March 1917: On 30 July 1917, temporary Second Lieutenant J. W. Aldred MC was appointed a Flying Officer, indicating he had qualified as a pilot; his seniority for promotion was set at 30 August 1916.
[1] He was once again decorated, with the Bar to the MC gazetted on 16 September 1918: Lieutenant (acting Captain) Aldred transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force on 25 April 1919 to return to life as a civilian.
[13] The London Gazette archives contain over a dozen references to his professional activities in following years, with the latest one concerning the estate of a relative who died on 9 May 1935.
[14] During World War II, he served as an air raid warden in Chester, where he continued to work as a chartered accountant until retiring in 1959.