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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 1897
Royal Navy F/12853 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V)
More about Douglas Gordon Smith -
Born 1896
Died 1973
Royal Navy F/13706 Leading Air Mechanic RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918
More about George Pemberton -
Born 1881
Died 1964
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service
More about Arthur Sydney Langley -
Born 1898
Died 1971
Royal Navy F/20056 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V)
More about Ew Shrewsbury -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy F/12787 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II
More about Ernest Charles Pool -
Born 1900
Died 1945
Royal Navy F/47354 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Gordon Pottinger Eldred -
Born 1897
Died 1965
Royal Navy F/19790 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II on 23 April 1918
More about Leslie Reginald Cox -
Born 1899
Died 1929
Royal Navy F/39638 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Daffodil on 23 April 1918
More about Robert James Frew -
Born 1897
Died 1980
Royal Navy F/13698 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Arthur James Humphreys -
Born 1897
Died 1983
Royal Navy F/27308 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Francis Joseph Terney -
Born 1900
Died 1918
Royal Navy F/50269 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II)
Royal Navy F/50269 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Myngs on 23 April 1918
More about John Rouse -
Born 1897
Died 1998
Royal Navy F/12815 Leading Air Mechanic attached to Royal Tank Corps in France
Royal Navy F/12815 Leading Air Mechanic RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about John Frederick Wilkinson -
Born 1897
Died 1960
Royal Navy F/13014 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) aboard ML 105 on 10 May 1918
More about Lawrence Henry Sensicle -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy F29069
Royal Navy F/29069 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS North Star on 23 April 1918
More about Ernest John Linnington Mcnicol -
Born 1888
Died 1942
Royal Navy F54157 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V)
More about Herbert Edward Bishop -
Born 1884
Died 1918
Royal Navy Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Wing Commander RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Vindictive
More about Frank Arthur Brock