Group    From 13/4/1912  To 1/4/1918

Royal Flying Corps

Categories: Armed Forces, Aviation

The potential for aircraft was recognised and so the Royal Flying Corps was established by a charter signed by King George V on 13 April 1912. the first 'wing' (ho ho) was formed out of the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers on 13 May 1912. This was the Military Wing. The Naval Wing only lasted until 1914 when it split off to become the Royal Naval Air Service. But in 1918 the two services were brought together again to form the Royal Air Force.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Flying Corps

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Finsbury war monument

The statue represents winged Victory on orb, lightly draped and holding a lau...

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RAF, RFC & RNAS

Per adua {On the north facing side of the plinth:} In memory of all ranks of...

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Other Subjects

Frederick John Shirley Chapman

Frederick John Shirley Chapman

Flight Lieutenant Frederick John Shirley Chapman was born on 11 February 1915 and his birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1915 in the Penzance registration district, Cornwall. The 1934 UK M...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW2
1 memorial
Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB

Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Dorset.  Present on Nelson's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar.  This is the Hardy of "Kiss me, Hardy" fame.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1834 until his death.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. Jacobs

J. Jacobs

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Councillor Leonard Pearl

Councillor Leonard Pearl

Leonard Pearl was born on 6 August 1908 in Mile End, London, one of at least nine children of David Pearl (1886-1919) and Rachel Pearl née Solomon (1868-1934). In the 1911 census he is shown as liv...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ernest Beatie

Ernest Beatie

First Lieutenant Ernest David Beatie was born on 17 June 1914 in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, USA, the second of the four children of David Leftwich Beatie (1878-1945) and Catherine Pauline B...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial