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H. D. Harvey-Kelly
Hubert Dunsterville Harvey-Kelly, (9 February 1891 – 29 April 1917) was a British Army officer and military aviator. During the First World War, he was credited with being the first Royal Flying Corps (RFC) pilot to land in France, and of being the first RFC pilot to down an enemy aircraft. He was eventually shot down during Bloody April and died of head wounds in a German hospital. The aircraft he flew while a lieutenant, the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, along with a plaque, hangs in the main hall of the Imperial War Museum in London. Early life Bay was the son of Colonel H.H. Harvey-Kelly (Indian Army), and nephew of General Lionel Dunsterville. Although the Harvey-Kelly family were from County Westmeath, Ireland, H.D. was born in Devon and lived a while at Berry Pomeroy, the Dunsterville family home in Devon. He attended Bedford Modern School with his brother Charles Hamilton Grant Hume Harvey-Kelly. On leaving Sandhurst, he applied to the Royal Irish Regiment, joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teignmouth, Devon
Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Devon. It is situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about 12 miles south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,749 at the last census in 2011. From the 1800s onwards, the town rapidly grew in size from a fishing port associated with the Cod fishing in Newfoundland, Newfoundland cod industry to a fashionable resort of some note in Georgian era, Georgian times, with further expansion after the opening of the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon Railway in 1846. Today, its port still operates and the town remains a popular seaside and day trip holiday location. History To 1700 The first record of Teignmouth, ''Tengemuða'', meaning ''mouth of the stream'', was in 1044. Nonetheless, settlements very close by are attested earlier, with the banks of the Teign estuary having been in Saxon hands since at least 682, a battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
