Trainees at the RNAS Flight Training School, Vendome, France, 1917

Trainees at the RNAS Flight Training School, Vendome, France, 1917

Probationary Flight Officers listed as under instruction at the Royal Naval Air Service flying training school at Vendome, central France, according to 'the Navy List for August 1917, corrected to 18 July 1917'. A few went on to become Air Vice-Marshalls etc; several died during training, or soon after entering war zones; many were soon demobbed and disapppeared into ordinary life, as it was coming to the end of the War. There were many Canadians as well as British.

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  • Born 1898

    Died 1937

    Royal Navy Z/4999 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division

    Royal Navy PI 39183 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome

    British Army 11973 Honourable Artillery Company

  • Born 1894

    Died 1918

    Royal Navy F 3566 (203566) Air Mechanic 2 Airships Naval Airship Station, Barrow

    Royal Navy F 3566 (203566) Air Mechanic 1 Airships Naval Airship Station, Barrow- Longside, Aberdeen

    Royal Navy F 3566 (203566) Leading Mechanic Airships Royal Naval Air Station, Longside, Aberdeen

  • Profile picture for Cyril William Seymour-Hall

    Born 1897

    Died 1981

    Royal Navy PI 39179 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39179 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Roehampton (Airship Instruction)-Cranwell

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39179 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Cranwell-Anglesey, Llangefni-Haverfordwest etc

  • Born 1896

    Died 1952

    Royal Navy PI 39328 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell (Flying Instruction)

    Royal Navy PI 39328 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-East Fortune-HMS Vindex-HMS Furious

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39328 Lieutenant Royal Air Force HMS Furious-NWA 1 Sch of Aerial Fighting-HMS Melbourne/Turnberry/Turnhouse-HMSVindictive

  • Born 1898

    Died 1918

    Air Force (RAF/RFC)

    British Army 1555 London Regiment-Territorial 4th Battalion

    Royal Navy PI 39324 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

  • Born 1899

    Died 1918

    Royal Navy PI 40375 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 40375 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston (H P [Handley Page] Sqdn)-Stonehenge (for Instruction)

  • Born 1899

    Died 1980

    Royal Navy PI 40364 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 40364 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-Dunkirk

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40364 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Dunkirk-203 Squadron-48 TS

  • Born 1898

    Died 1961

    British Army 6840 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

    Royal Navy PI 39181 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39181 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Dover

  • Profile picture for Alexander Agar Ferguson

    Born 1892

    Died 1956

    British Army Corporal Cameron Highlanders 6th Battalion

    Royal Navy PI 39212 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39212 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent-Calshot (Instructor)

  • Profile picture for John King Hardy

    Born 1899

    Died 1979

    Royal Navy PI 40372 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 40372 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40372 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Calshot-Seaplane Squadron, Alexandria-64 Wing

  • Profile picture for Kenneth Spencer Wood

    Born 1897

    Died 1963

    Royal Navy Z/5278 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division

    Royal Navy PI 39266 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39266 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme

  • Profile picture for Stanley Alexander Grant

    Born 1892

    Royal Navy PI 39243 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39243 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent (Seaplane School)-Dundee

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39243 Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 2 Wing-Talikna [Aegean], 63 Wing, 10 Sqn-Composite Park-Hospital etc

  • Born 1899

    Died 1963

    Royal Navy PI 39430 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39430 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Seaplane Station Dundee-Felixstowe (Large America training)-?Dundee/249 Sqn/257 Sqn/'G' flight training (flying boats)

    Royal Navy PI 39430 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Dundee

  • Born 1897

    Died 1966

    Royal Navy Assistant Clerk (Paymaster)

    Royal Navy Clerk (Paymaster)

    Royal Navy Clerk (Paymaster) HMS Inflexible (Grand Fleet)

  • Profile picture for Lewis Edward Best

    Born 1896

    Died 1956

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 102003

    Royal Navy PI 40556 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 40556 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Westgate-Port Said

  • Born 1899

    Died 1985

    Royal Navy PI 39412 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39412 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston (Fighting School)-No.2 Wing

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39412 Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 2 Wing (Aegean)-62 Wing, 220 Squadron-62 Wing, 222 Squadron

  • Born 1899

    Died 1975

    Royal Navy PI 40377 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 40377 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot-Cattewater

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40377 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Cattewater-Felixstowe (Large America)-72 Wg-21 Wg-140TDS

  • Profile picture for Quinton James Stevenson

    Born 1894

    Died 1975

    British Army 2640 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th, 6th Battalion

    Royal Navy Z/9783 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bristol Division

    Royal Navy PI 40382 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell (Flying Instruction)

  • Born 1896

    Died 1948

    Royal Navy PI 39264 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 39264 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent-Yarmouth-Slough (Compass Course)

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39264 Lieutenant Royal Air Force RAF Gt Yarmouth-Felixstowe (Large America training)

  • Born 1899

    Died 1983

    Royal Navy PI 40381 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

    Royal Navy PI 40381 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-Dunkirk

    Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40381 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Dunkirk-213 Squadron, 61 Wing-4 Aero Supply Depot etc