Chris_Baker Posted 15 April , 2004 Share Posted 15 April , 2004 I'm not sure this is a 'war in the air' question, but we'll see. This gravestone is in Kenilworth in Warwickshire. It reads "In proud and loving memory Reginald Dennis Clive Flight Sub Lieutenant RN Son of Herbert Reginald and Lydia Emily Clive of Kenilworth : who at the age of nineteen years sacrificed his life for the life of others near Edinburgh on the tenth day of November 1917 RIP" Can anyone please shed any light on what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted 15 April , 2004 Share Posted 15 April , 2004 Chris, Temporary Flight Sub Lieutenant RD Clive and PO (Petty Officer?) TCO Reardon were both killed when BE2c serial 8724 crashed at Edinburgh on the 10th November 1917. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 15 April , 2004 Share Posted 15 April , 2004 PO Reardon is not buried in any of the Edinburgh or Midlothian cemeteries. He is listed: REARDON, THOMAS CHARLES MARTIN Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Petty Officer Aircraftman Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service Unit Text: (East Fortune) Age: 32 Date of Death: 10/11/1917 Service No: F/14688 Additional information: Husband of Louisa Mary Reardon, of 43A, Oakmead Rd., Balham, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: P. 775. Cemetery: WANDSWORTH (STREATHAM) CEMETERY East Fortune ( where Concorde is on the way to) is now the National Scottish Museum outstation Museum of Flight. It is in East Lothian and does not have any major urban areas near it ( less in 1917) The newspapers may have some info in the November 1917 issues at the National Library. I may be there some time next month. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 19 May , 2004 Share Posted 19 May , 2004 No details of crash known but some added personal details for Reardon Born Kings Cross, London 2nd November 1886 Enlisted in RNAS 19th May 1916 Just a little snippet for interest Manicafan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Tall Posted 12 February , 2007 Share Posted 12 February , 2007 Flight Sub-Lieut. Reginald Dennis Clive was killed by swerving his aeroplane to avoid some boys playing in a field when making a forced landing because of engine trouble. He was only 19 years old and had joined the Naval Air Service whilst still a student at Caius College, Cambridge. He was previously at Repton. One of the men on the Kenilworth War Memorial that I have researched. See my website at http://www.kenilworth-war-memorial.org.uk/ I'm still looking for a photo if anyone knows where I might find one. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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