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. Two aircraft and pilot training were given to the navy in 1910. Then in 1912 Royal Flying Corps was formed with a Naval Wing. But that split off in 1914 to become the RNAS. This came under the control of the Royal Navy in 1915 and finally in 1918 the RNAS was merged with the RFC to form the RAF.
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Royal Naval Air Service
This bronze figure represents Daedalus, the Greek guy who crafted wings for h...
Per adua {On the north facing side of the plinth:} In memory of all ranks of...
Infantry regiment of the British army. Originally a militia raised to build a network of roads, it became known as the Black Watch because of the dark green tartan with which they were issued. It w...
Cecilia Mary Lopresti was born in Highbury, London, on 7 May 1908, the fourth of the five children of Herbert James Lopresti (1871-1917) and Amelia Maud Lopresti née Peckham (1873-1968). Her birth ...
British History Online informs that a house was "built by ... Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in 1245; but in the thirtieth year of Henry III. it was granted by the king to Peter, Count of Sa...
Oswald Hitchen was born on 15 November 1906 in Todmorden, Yorkshire, a son of Elias Hitchen (1874-1949) and Betsy Hitchen née Halstead (1875-1971). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 19...
1638 King Charles I gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields. The market lapsed during the Commonwealth but it was re-founded in 1682 by King Charles II. The existing ...
The third Chairman of the West Ham Local Board, 1875–86. Born in West Ham. Builder and undertaker.
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