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RN Experimental Station Stratford
RN Experimental Station Stratford
RNAS officers and ratings, at this establishment set up by Wing Commander Brock, RNVR. Many took part in the Zeebrugge Raid, operating the smoke screen equipment, or in a few cases, the manual or the static flamethrowers. Lieutenant Hewett's report, contained as the 35th enclosure in file ADM 137/3894 (Reports on Zeebrugge and Ostend operations - Records used for Official History, First World War) lists the men in the parties on the Vindictive, Iris and Daffodil. A reproduction of this listing can be seen attached to Hewitt's Life Story profile.
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Born 1896
Royal Navy F/7005 Leading Air Mechanic RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
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Born 1898
Died 1956
Royal Navy F/12803 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about John Roy Lomax -
Born 1898
Royal Navy F/20048 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918
More about Herbert George Fry -
Born 1898
Died 1973
Royal Navy F/19980 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
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Born 1898
Died 1975
Royal Navy F/26700 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Leslie Charles Southerton -
Born 1898
Died 1989
Royal Navy F/26702 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II on 23 April 1918
More about George Warrington -
Born 1898
Died 1985
Royal Navy F/33871 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918
More about Frank Bennett Cawley -
Born 1899
Died 1985
Royal Navy F/33867 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II on 23 April 1918
More about Harry Francis Bascombe -
Born 1880
Died 1919
Royal Navy F42421 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V)
More about Gerald Charles Wright -
Born 1899
Died 1986
Royal Navy F/45234 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918
More about Peter Shore Nightingale -
Born 1899
Died 1968
Royal Navy F/44498 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II on 23 April 1918
More about Thomas Stanley Spencer -
Born 1900
Died 1979
Royal Navy F/50255 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Oliver Rupert Griffiths -
Born 1900
Died 1953
Royal Navy F/52189 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918
More about Reginald George Goodwin -
Born 1886
Died 1967
Royal Navy F/6981 Chief Petty Officer Air Mechanic RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Clifford Armitage -
Born 1897
Died 1973
Royal Navy F/12790 Leading Air Mechanic RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard ML 283 on 10 May 1918
More about William Henry Grice -
Born 1890
Died 1945
Royal Navy F/39326 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Roland Ross Entwisle -
Born 1897
Died 1971
British Army Major Royal Engineers
Royal Navy F/19971 Leading Air Mechanic RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V)
Royal Navy F19971 Air Mechanic 2nd Class
More about Francis Kenelm Donovan -
Born 1897
Died 1975
Royal Navy F/19842 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about William Henry Gough -
Born 1896
Died 1957
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212814 Air Mechanic 1st Class
Royal Navy F/12814 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
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