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

Gilmore Cecil Daniel

Gilmore Cecil Daniel

Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore Cecil Daniel was born on 30 November 1917 on the Osage Indian Reservation, Skiatook, Osage and Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA, the elder son of Pearl C. Daniel (1898-1969) a...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot

5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot

Part of the force commanded by Havelock.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel David Waring Eustace, MBE

Lieutenant Colonel David Waring Eustace, MBE

David Waring Eustace was born on 2 July 1944 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, a son of Colonel Frank Albert Eustace, OBE, Royal Marines, (1908-1976) and Rosemary Anne Eustace née King (1917-1978). His ...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Edward Luke Henry Bagot

Second Lieutenant Edward Luke Henry Bagot

Edward Luke Henry Bagot was born on 18 October 1896 the younger child of Major, The Honourable, Walter Lewis Bagot, DSO (1864-1927) and Margaret Jane Caroline Bagot née Cadogan (1856-1941). His bir...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
T. Hooker

T. Hooker

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial