From their website: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first major international airport, for the benefit of the community. In 1983, the Croydon Airport Society became a registered charity to better support its mission of conserving one of Britain’s most significant historic places.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Historic Croydon Airport Trust
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Croydon aircraft
{On an information board attached to the terminal building, behind the plane:...
Purley air crash
The plaque refers to the memorial being 'refurbished'. Diamond Geezer explain...
Other Subjects
R100 Airship
In full: His Majesty's Airship R100. It was a privately designed British airship built as part of a two-ship competition to develop a commercial airship service for use on British Empire routes as...
1 memorial
Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers
Businessman. Born Liverpool. His brand name being Castrol he was very successful and set up in the City of London. Lord Mayor in 1915-16. Promoted and funded pioneering aviation and motor sports. 1...
2 memorials
Royal Naval Air Service
We can't find a date for when this was first formed; it seems to have come into existence gradually. The use of aircraft for military and naval purposes was first discussed officially in 1908. Tw...
2 memorials
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
Aircraft designer and manufacturer. Born at Magdala House, Terriers Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He built his first plane in 1908 and became director of the firm bearing his name, which produced many ...
1 memorial
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Whittington's house
Whittington had a number of addresses in London: Hart Street, Mark Lane, Sweedon’s Passage, Grub Street (now Milton Street) and a house in (now) College Hill. This last was a significant purchase ...
1 memorial
British Motor Cab Company
Former public transport company, about which we can discover virtually nothing. Its premises appear in an old photo "Pickets outside the British Motor Cab Company's Garage" but the location is no...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Barbara Jessie Burton
Born Sheffield. See Arnold for a photo of the 4 Burton children and details of this family.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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