RaySearching Posted 14 March , 2012 Share Posted 14 March , 2012 Hi all Front Face JENNINGS ROBERT Flight Cadet ROBERT JENNINGS Royal Air Force Robert enlisted on 8th May 1916 and served as Private 59634 with the 3rd Battalion Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) before transferring to the newly formed Royal Air Force He was the son William a Customs Officer (died 1910) and Fanny Jennings, a boarding house keeper of 254 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough, At 6.20 am on the 24th July 1918,Cadet Robert Jennings and Captain Malcome Macay Macleod took to the sky in a D.H.6 at Wittering Aerodrome near Stamford Lincs to practice formation flying, With 2nd Lieut W N Miles in a second D.H.6 At about 7.15 the planes were gliding down towards the Aerodrome to land ,The second D.H.6 piloted by W N Miles overtook the first D.H.6 and collided with it about 200 feet from the ground , Both planes crashed to the ground the planes were totally wrecked Robert aged 20 Capt Macleod and 2nd Lieut W N Miles were all killed in the incident Robert can be found on the 1911 census residing with his widowed mother and siblings at 35 Queens Road Middlesbrough a schoolboy aged 15 He was the brother of William below Born Middlesbrough enlisted Middlesbrough NORTH ORMESBY (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY JENNINGS WILLIAM Second Lieutenant WILLIAM JENNINGS 5th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment William was the son of William a Customs Officer (died 1910) and Fanny Jennings a boarding house keeper of 254 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough William served in the ranks of the Yorkshire Regiment before receiving his commission as an officer with the 5th battalion. Sometime prior to the 31st July 1918 William was wounded in action, The battalion were in trenches fighting near Craonne, on the high ground called the Chemin des Dames on the 27th May 1918, when they suffered grievous losses, Its possible that William was wounded during during this fighting or in subsequent fighting around the River Aisne area, He died of his wounds on July 31st 1918 aged 23 William can be found on the 1911 census residing with his widowed mother and siblings at 35 Queens Road Middlesbrough employed as a steelworks stock taker Born Middlesbrough BEAUREPAIRE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, PONTAVERT Do we have forenames for 2nd Lieut W N Miles ? regards Ray Post edited from Withering Areodrome to Wittering Areodrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 14 March , 2012 Share Posted 14 March , 2012 Don't know about forenames, but Withering Aerodrome should probably be Wittering, still RAF Wittering today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 14 March , 2012 Author Share Posted 14 March , 2012 Don't know about forenames, but Withering Aerodrome should probably be Wittering, still RAF Wittering today David Thanks for pointing out my typo ( post edited to show Wittering) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 14 March , 2012 Share Posted 14 March , 2012 Ray, Looking at the AIR 76 index, I would think that it is William Norman Miles, born 7th December 1893. Phil Edit: Miles was with 14th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment prior to being attached to the RAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 15 March , 2012 Author Share Posted 15 March , 2012 Ray, Looking at the AIR 76 index, I would think that it is William Norman Miles, born 7th December 1893. Phil Edit: Miles was with 14th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment prior to being attached to the RAF. Thanks for the look up Phil Captain Macleod previously served with the Royal Warwickshire regiment he was buried at Stamford Lincs 26/7/18 William Norman Milles was sent to Norwich for burial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 15 March , 2012 Share Posted 15 March , 2012 Capt M M McLeod and Flt Cdt R Jennings of No 1 Training Depot Station were flying in DH6 C6602, while 2Lt W N Miles, also from No 1 TDS, was flying DH6 C3506. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkTurner Posted 17 March , 2012 Share Posted 17 March , 2012 From the Norfolk Chronicle 2 Aug 1918 - NORWICH AVIATOR KILLED A verdict of accidentally killed was returned at an inquest held in Lincolnshire on Capt M MacLeod (23), Sec-Lieut W N Miles (24), and Flight Cadet Robert Jennings (21), who were killed through a collision in mid-air. The evidence showed that when about 160 feet above the ground the machines became locked together as a result of the two-seater suddenly swerving into a solo plane. Both machines nose-dived to the ground. Sec-Lieut Miles was the only son of the late Mr and Mrs John C Miles of Norwich. And from the death notices in the same issue: Miles. - July 24th, killed in South Lincolnshire, Sec-Lieut William Norman Miles, RAF, of Norwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 17 March , 2012 Author Share Posted 17 March , 2012 Gareth and Mark thanks for the additional information Witness statements to the accident , ect ,are among Robert Jennings service papers ( which have survived among the burnt documents) regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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