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1916 Aviators Certificates - UK

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Certificates (incomplete)

Aviator Certificates listed by their certificate number. Granted by the Royal Aero Club of the UK

Announced 13th January
2251 Flight Sub-Lieut. Robert Henry Horniman, R.N.A.S. (Grahame-White Biplane, Graham-White School, Hendon). Jan. 5th, 1916.
2252 John Grant McKenzie Martin Stronach, Sergeant. R.F.C. (Maurice Farman biplane, Military School, Shoreham). Jan. 5th, 1916.
2263 Lieut. Edye Rolleston Manning, 15th Hussars (L. and P. Biplane, London and Provincial School, Hendon), Jan. 9th, 1916.


Announced 20th January 1916
2254 Lieut. Frank Hubert McNamara (47th Infantry) (Bristol Biplane, Central FlyiDg School, Warribee, Australia). Oct. 20th, 1915.
2255 Edmund Sidney Duggan (Curtiss Biplane, Curtiss School, Toronto, Canada). Dec. icrth, 1915.
2256 Capt. Geoffrey Aste, A.S.C. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Norwich). Dec. 20th, 1915.
2257 Lieut. Ernest Leslie Foot, R.F.C. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Farnborough). Dec. 20th, 1915.
2258 Flight Sub-Lieut. Kenneth Carron Buss, R.N.A.S. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Royal Naval Air Station, Chingford). Jan. 9th, 1916.
2259 Francis Steele Moller (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Shoreham). Jan. 9th, 1916.
2260 Second Lieut. Eustace Montague Lafone Ainslie (1/8th Middlesex Regt.) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Farnborough). Jan. 9th, 1916.
2261 Capt. William Howard Nicholls, R.A.M.C. (S.R.) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Norwich). Jan. 9th, l916.
2262 Harry Smart (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Brooklands). Jan. 9th, 1916.
2263 Capt. David Benjamin Gray (48th Pioneers) (Hall Biplane, Hall School, Hendon). Jan. 10th, 1916.
2264 Oliver Cyril Godfrey (Beatty-Wright Biplane, Beatty School, Hendon). Jan. 12th, 1916.
2265 Basil Holdsworth Hunt (L. and P. Biplane, London and Provincial School.. Hendon). Jan. 12th, 1916.
2266 William Edwin Thorpe (L. and P. Biplane, London and Provincial School, Hendon). Jan. 12th, 1916.
2267 Second Lieut. Ernest William Edwards (3rd Queen's Regt.) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Birmingham). Jan. 12th.
2268 Flight Sub-Lieut. George Stewart Gray, R.N.A.S. (Caudron Biplane, Royal Naval Air Station, Redcar). Jan. 10th, 1916.
2269 Hugh Lewis (Grahame-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2270 William Archibald Buchanan (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Birmingham). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2271 Flight Sub-Lieut. Ernest Edward Deans, R.N.A.S. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2272 Harry Alison Nood (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Birmingham). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2273 Alan Alexander Wilson-Walker (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Brooklands). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2274 Patrick Roberts Stirling (Hall Biplane, Hall School, Hendon). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2275 Lieut. David Wilson (11th East Yorkshire Regt.) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Catterick Bridge). Jan. 14th. 1916.
2276 Second Lieut. Henry Collieter Mulock (South Staffordshire Regt.) (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Birmingham). Jan. 14th.
2277 Lieut. Charles Henry Nicholas (3rd South Wales Borderers) Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Catterick Bridge). Jan. 14th.
2278 Flight Sub-Lieut. Melville Grant Dover, R.N.A.S. (Caudron Biplane, Royal Naval Air Station, Redcar). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2279 Flight Sub-Lieut. George Beverley Taylor, R.N.A.S. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Central Flying School, Upavon). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2280 Cecil William Blain (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Ruislip). Jan. 14th, 1916.
2281 Lieut. Alfred Henry Templeman Loraine Speer, R.F.A. (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Norwich). Jan. 10th, 1916.
2282 Flight Sub-Lieut. Thomas Henry Newton, R.N.A.S. (Graham-White Biplane, Grahame-White School, Hendon). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2283 Philip Stanley Butterworth (Hall Biplane, Hall School, Hendon). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2284 Arsene De Launoit (Belgian Subject) (Caudron Biplane, Ruffy-Baumann School, Hendon). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2285 Gilbert Harold Earle Rippon (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Brooklands). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2286 Gilbert Sudbury Hall (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Ruislip). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2287 Charles Arthur Robert Shum (Hall Biplane, Hall School, Hendon). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2288 Stanley Walter Mann (Hall Biplane, Hall School, Hendon). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2289 Flight Sub-Lieut. Rupert Edward Darnton, R.N.A.S. (Caudron Biplane, Royal Naval Air Station, Redcar). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2290 Mathieu van Roggen (Belgian Subject) (L. and P. Biplane, London and Provincial School, Hendon). Jan. 16th, 1916.
2291 William Feild, Langstaff Castle (Maurice Farman Biplane, Military School, Brooklands). Jan. 16th, 1916.


2617 Thomas Christopher George Bird 24th March 1916
2745 James Thomas Byford McCudden
2772 Francis Edwin Darvill 21st April 1916
2828 Samuel John Frost 4th May 1916
3160 Cecil Jebson Cox 2nd July 1916
3172 Robert Mortimer Adams 1st April 1916
3223 Ernest N. Haxton
3252 W. Bailey 20th July 1916

3272 - ROUND Reginald Francis - Lloyds Bank, Holborn Circus, E.C. Born - 21st Nov 1882 at - Gloucester. Nationality - British. Rank, Regiment, Profession - 2nd Class Air Mechanic, R.F.C. Certificate taken on - Maurice Farman Biplane. At - Military School, Ruislip. Date - 18th October 1916.

3273 - HAINS Arthur Rutherfoord Boult - 81 Victoria Mansions, Vauxhall, S.W. Born - 15th Jan 1889 at - Pretoria, South Africa. Nationality - British. Rank, Regiment, Profession - 2nd Lieut., R.G.A. Certificate taken on - Maurice Farman Biplane. At - Military School, Brooklands. Date - 19th October 1916.

3274 - ATTWATER Sidney - 128 Deepdale Road, Preston, Lancashire. Born - 25th Apr 1893 at - Preston, Lancs. Nationality - British. Rank, Regiment, Profession - Corporal, R.F.C. Certificate taken on - Maurice Farman Biplane. At - Military School, Brooklands. Date - 20th October 1916.

3275 - LUCAS Albert James - "Sunnyside", Botley Road, Oxford. Born - 9th September 1894 at - Oxford. Nationality - British. Rank, Regiment, Profession - 2nd Lieut., R.F.C. Certificate taken on - Voisin Biplane. At - Military School, Oxford. Date - 20th October 1916. Died of wounds 31st May 1917.

3273 J. W. Maskery (or Maskeney). 25th July 1916.

3350 Cecil Percy John Bromley 13th August 1916
3385 Robert John Hayne Holland 2nd August 1916
3386 Frederick James Shaw 3rd June 1915
3438 E. A. Smith 2nd August 1916

3482 Frank Russell 27th August 1916
3693 Richard Arthur Lloyd 29th September 1916
3726 William George Bennett 20th October 1916
3767 Jack Austen Luck 24th October 1916

3883 Alfred Wilson 23rd November 1916
3884 Walter Edward Bastable 26th November 1916
3889 Reginald James Moody 27th November 1916
3890 Sidney Herbert Quicke 27th November

3894 William John Burtenshaw 28th November 1916

3949 Quintin Brand - later Air Vice-Marshal
3960 Christopher William Henry Bowers 8th December 1916
3978 Horace Arthur Cooper 12th September 1916


American Certificates

368 W. Roy Walker (Curtiss type Biplane, Christofferson School, Almeda, Cal.). Nov. 7th, 1915.
371 Joseph Gorman (Wright Biplane, Stinson School, San Antonio, Texas). Dec. 3rd, 1915.
372 Herbert MacKenzie (Wright Biplane, Stinson School, San Antonio, Texas). Dec. 6th, 1915.
376 John A. Harman (Wright Biplane, Stinson School, San Antonio, Texas). Dec. 9th, 1915.
377 Marcel C. Dubuc (Wright Biplane, Stinson School, San Antonio, Texas). Dec. i8lh, 1915.
379 Alfred John Croft (Curtiss Biplane, Curtiss School, North Island, Cal.). Dec. 16th, 1915.
381 George Henry Witts (Curtiss Biplane, Curtiss School, North Island, Cal.). Dec. 18th, 1915.

See 1917 Aviators Certificates - UK for continuation

Rules

See Also

Sources of Information

  • Information from published lists in Flight magazine under the Official Notice to Members of the Royal Aero Club.