Avro Roll of Honour

[Gunner R.A.]

Can anyone tell me if the following company ever published a Roll of Honour for its employees who may have been killed during WW1,

A.V. Roe and Co., Ltd (Alliott Verdon-Roe, AVRO, Aircraft Manufacturer)

I am researching one of the men from our memorial, Captain Robert Saville, RFC. He was an engineer prior to the war and I suspect that he may have worked for the company, however Google seemed to conjure up nothing reference a ROH

Any help, information or advice would be appreciated,

Kind regards,

Pete.

[Gunner R.A.]

Anyone? please.

[Adrian Roberts]

Captain R Saville is listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, date of death 16/3/18, unit given as "RFC and General List", buried in Otley (Newall-with-Clifton and Lindley) cemetery in Yorkshire.

He is not mentioned in Flight magazine around that date; they normally list all flying casualties; another officer who was killed in an accident in the UK on the same day is mentioned. Therefore it could be that he died from a non-flying-related cause.

[Dolphin]

Pete

Captain Robert Saville, from No 81 Sqn RFC, based at Scampton, was killed in a flying accident on 16 March 1918. He was flying Sopwith Camel B7319 when the aeroplane stalled during a flat turn and spun into the ground. B7319 was re-built as a two-seater and allocated to No 42 Training Depot Station.

I hope this is useful.

Gareth

[Gunner R.A.]

Captain R Saville is listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, date of death 16/3/18, unit given as "RFC and General List", buried in Otley (Newall-with-Clifton and Lindley) cemetery in Yorkshire.

He is not mentioned in Flight magazine around that date; they normally list all flying casualties; another officer who was killed in an accident in the UK on the same day is mentioned. Therefore it could be that he died from a non-flying-related cause.

Thanks for the reply Adrian. I do have quite a bit of information regarding captain Saville and was just trying to see if i could link to Avro, i suspect that he worked for them at some point,

regards,

Pete.

[Gunner R.A.]

Pete

Captain Robert Saville, from No 81 Sqn RFC, based at Scampton, was killed in a flying accident on 16 March 1918. He was flying Sopwith Camel B7319 when the aeroplane stalled during a flat turn and spun into the ground. B7319 was re-built as a two-seater and allocated to No 42 Training Depot Station.

I hope this is useful.

Gareth

Hello Gareth,

whilst i know that Captain Saville was with 81 Sqn at Scampton and was killed in a flying accident, i have never come accross a description of the accident. That is a nice snippet of information, could you please tell me where it came from and have you seen any other information regarding him?

Also, regarding the original post have you ever seen or heard of a Roll Of Honour for Avro workers for WW1?

kind regards,

Pete.

[Airshipped]

There was once an Avro Social Club...

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1918/1918%20-%201154.html?search=avro

... so presumably it'd have generated a publication (perhaps a private one without ISBN etc) in its time. You'd probably need to follow the paper trail between Avro, Hawker Siddeley, British Aerospace, BAE Systems etc to find which workforce inherited what legacy (if any). Local newspapers' coverage of the factories in the areas concerned (hmm, the Manchester Guardian is/was a national one) may well turn up some reference to the unveiling of any roll of honour. However, I suspect that if they were working in the industry it probably would not have been encouraged to release them for military service.

[Dolphin]

Pete

The information came from The Camel File by Sturtivant & Page.

Cheers

Gareth

[Gunner R.A.]

There was once an Avro Social Club...

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1918/1918%20-%201154.html?search=avro

... so presumably it'd have generated a publication (perhaps a private one without ISBN etc) in its time. You'd probably need to follow the paper trail between Avro, Hawker Siddeley, British Aerospace, BAE Systems etc to find which workforce inherited what legacy (if any). Local newspapers' coverage of the factories in the areas concerned (hmm, the Manchester Guardian is/was a national one) may well turn up some reference to the unveiling of any roll of honour. However, I suspect that if they were working in the industry it probably would not have been encouraged to release them for military service.

Cheers mate, for the input, and it never crossed my mind regarding release for military service, however i suspect that Mr Saville, if he did work for the company, did so before the war,

thanks,

Pete.

[Gunner R.A.]

Pete

The information came from The Camel File by Sturtivant & Page.

Cheers

Gareth

Thanks once again Gareth.