Sub Lt Reginald Warneford VC
(1891-1915)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Dolphin Hotel. Sub Lt R. Warneford VC, Royal Naval Air Service, 2 Morton Road. Awarded VC for conspicuous bravery when on the 7 June 1915, flying a single engined aircraft, hand dropped bombs, destroying a German Zeppelin airship on a night flight over Belgium. Died 10 days later in a flying accident near Paris, aged 23.
Dolphin Hotel, 2 Morton Rd, Exmouth, United Kingdom where they was
Sub Lt Reginald Warneford VC Royal Naval Air Service 2 Morton Crescent, Exmouth. Awarded VC for conspicuous bravery when on June 7, 1915 flying a single-engined aircraft, he hand-dropped bombs destroying a German Zeppelin airship flying below him at night over Belgium. Died ten days later in flying accident near Paris, aged 23 years
Exmouth Town Hall, St Andrews Road, Exmouth, United Kingdom where they was