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Royal Naval Air Service

Categories: Armed Forces, Aviation

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

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Fleet Air Arm

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RAF, RFC & RNAS

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T. Croft

T. Croft

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
G. Gordon

G. Gordon

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
42nd Royal Highlanders

42nd Royal Highlanders

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Group, Armed Forces, Scotland

1 memorial
Jos. McGrath

Jos. McGrath

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Volunteer Cecilia Mary Lopresti

Volunteer Cecilia Mary Lopresti

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 ...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
2 memorials

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Building, Property

4 memorials
Oswald Hitchen

Oswald Hitchen

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Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Old Spitalfields Market

Old Spitalfields Market

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 ...

Building, Commerce

3 memorials
George Rivett

George Rivett

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Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials