Flt Commander William Reginald Crocker

[Ian Burns]

I'm looking for details of service of Flt Commander William Reginald Crocker.
He was killed by a railway train at Port Said on 6 March 1916.
He was apparently a qualified airship, aeroplane and free balloon pilot and served at Eastchurch, and was one of the original officers in the RNAS when it split from the RFC.
Crocker was appointed to the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron, possibly in command but records and memoirs are unclear on this.

Any details would be most welcome.

[seaJane]

Looks like a Royal Naval Air Service man to begin with:

4 ADM records: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=william+reginald+crocker+adm

1 AIR record: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8250566

 

[alf mcm]

There are also service records on Findmypast {perhaps those mentioned above};-

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FADM196%2F50%2F0%2F0173&parentid=GBM%2FADM196%2F20615

and

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FADM196%2F143%2F0%2F1260&parentid=GBM%2FADM196%2F33064

which give a lot of information.

And his air force record;-

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FAIR76%2F114%2F0%2F0053&parentid=GBM%2FAIR76%2F19921

 

Regards,

 

Alf McM