| Capt Stanley Cockerell AFC, Croix de Guerre (Belgium) | ||
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photo: 1930, aged 33 |
b. 9 Feb 1895, the 'willowy' Vickers chief test pilot - he and his assistant Frank Broome (q.v.) were known as the 'Heavenly Twins'. RFC in WWI (7 victories). Married Miss Lorna Lockyer in 1921. Killed in WWII: on the 29th November 1940, when the Running Horse(s?) Pub in Erith was bombed. His 6-year-old daughter Kathleen also died and they were buried at the church of Saint Mary, Sunbury on Thames. Lorna also died during the Blitz. Some children survived and were split up and most were adopted, losing touch with each other. |
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