Major Thomas Francis Netterville Gerrard DSC (13 August 1897 – 14 July 1923) was a British World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.
[2] His father later served as a captain in the Malay States Volunteer Rifles, and was killed in action during the Singapore Mutiny.
[3] His uncle Eugene Louis Gerrard also served in the RNAS and RAF during World War I, rising to the rank of Air Commodore before retiring in 1929.
1 Naval Squadron, Gerrard was assigned to fly Sopwith Triplanes; he would score eight victories with them[7] between April and June 1917.
[12] On 22 April 1919, Gerrard relinquished his posting as acting major and reverted to the rank of captain.
[19] On 14 July 1923 Gerrard died from a cerebral haemorrhage in the Station Sick Quarters (SSQ) at Mosul after a fall from his polo pony, and was buried at the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery (renamed Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery in 1961) in the Zafaraniyah district of Baghdad.