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BLAKE E Corporal 14448 Edgar BLAKE. 42 nd Training Squadron, Royal Air Force. Wye. Formerly Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Died 27 th June 1918. Son of Alfred and Emily Blake of 50, Batoum Gardens, Hammersmith, London. Buried locally in the Wye (SS Gregory and Martin) Church Graveyard, Wye, Ashford, Kent. Grave reference – East part. We have been unable to find out very much about this NCO which is rather dissapointing. If you can help us by providing additional information about him or indeed any other man listed here, please get in touch with us at ashfordfallen@hotmail.co.uk Thanks. Edgar’s name was not placed on the Wye church tribute despite the fact he was buried within 50 yards if it! Even if Edgar was not strictly speaking a resident of Wye, he has now resided there for over 80 years…
DAVIDSON A.B Second Lieutenant Alexander Bonn DAVIDSON. 42 nd Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Wye Aerodrome. Died Tidworth Hospital, Wiltshire 26 th September 1916 aged 25 years following a flying accident on the Salisbury Plain. Born Ashford 31 August 1891. Son of Alexander Owen and Elsie Davidson (Nee Bonn) of Ashford. Buried in the Ashford Cemetery, Ashford, Kent. Grave reference 3478. This is a private family plot and headstone. Nephew of Amy Elizabeth BONN who named as his will executor. He left Nicolai Railway Bonds to his mother Elsie Davidson and the residue of his estate to his aunt Amy Bonn. Nephew of Mrs. Digby Langford of 11 College Road, Winchmore Hill, London who arranged his funeral in Ashford. Educated Sandwich College, Sandwich, Kent. After leaving Sandwich College, Alexander went to Germany to study. In 1909 he travelled to Australia where he became a civil engineer. He returned to England in June 1916 to fight for his mother country. In July 1916 Alexander went to Christchurch College at Oxford with the army to take the Royal Flying Corps pilot entry examination. On 5 August 1916 Alexander was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. In 1916 his permanent address was listed as 161 Clarence Street, Sydney, Australia. His profession before the outbreak of war was Engineering Manager working for Messrs Scrutton and Co of Australia and London. His father Alexander Owen Davidson is buried alongside his son in the Ashford Cemetery – Born 13 th February 1868 died 13 th November 1892. On 8 th September 1916 Alexander arrived at the Central Flying School, 4 th Wing, RFC Netheravon for basic aviation instruction. It seems unbelievable that Alexander’s name was not placed on the Ashford Civic War Memorial taking into account that he was clearly an Ashford man…
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