NS11 Crew Images

Walter K F G Warneford

Walter K F G Warneford

Kindly provided by Mark Potts. Originally appeared in Crewe Guardian, 1919.

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Walter K F G Warneford with the Longside Band

Walter K F G Warneford with the Longside Band

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Crew of Coastal Airship C14

Crew of Coastal Airship C14

DECEMBER 1917 PO Lewry is standing middle of back row. Well-known airshipman Lt. P E Maitland is seated on the right. Reproduced with kind permission of Brian Turpin  

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Sergeant Charles Henry Lewry

Sergeant Charles Henry Lewry

THE COXWAIN – The first son of Henry Charles Lewry and Mary Jane Lewry Charles joined the Royal Navy in 1909 at the age of 16 and was transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916 and then to the RAF in 1918. As well as being awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal Charles was a holder of the Air Force Medal. The AFM was instituted, with the AFC, in June 1918, and was awarded to NCOs and men for courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy. Records show that Charles was transferred to the RNAS as Leading...

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Sergeant Percy James Waghorn

Sergeant Percy James Waghorn

COXWAIN – Born in Keston, Kent on 30 March 1893. Percy was a carpenter before he enlisted in the RNAS as an Air Mechanic 1 on 21 November 1914. His parents were William and Rebecca Waghorn. With a trade as an Airship Rigger he was promoted to Leading Mechanic on 1 August 1915. He was a Corporal on the formation of the RAF on 1 April 1918 and had been promoted to Sergeant by July 1919. Waghorn left effects to the value of £125 12s 6d to his father William Waghorn who was keeper of The Star Beerhouse, Capel Hill, Kent. Service numbers: F2161/202161 Many thanks to Becky Saunders for...

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