The Aeronauts, Aviators, And Airmen Of Aldershot Military Cemetery - 9781637677216

This book tells the fascinating history behind how and why Aldershot's Military Cemetery was created, its unique design, the designers and its unusual geographic location, and diverse flora and fauna that makes it one of the most impressive and unusual military cemeteries in the world. The book then tells the story of how first Aldershot and then its neighboring town Farnborough embraced the new technologies of flight, balloons, man lifting kites and airships in its military, before Farnborough became the birthplace of British aviation.The book charts how Aldershot and Farnborough were involved in the evolution of forerunners to the Royal Air Force, the Royal Engineers Air Battalion, and the Royal Flying Corps. Along with the parallel rise of the H.M. Balloon Factory, Army Aircraft Factory, Royal Aircraft Factory and Royal Aircraft Establishment.Through the lives of fifty-one men buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery, this book tells little known, and untold stories of those who contributed to the successful rise of both the Royal Air Force and Royal Aeronautical Establishment both on the ground and in the air against the backdrop of what was happening internationally, nationally and locally at Farnborough in the years that died 1907-1943.

• | Author: Dean Hollands
• | Publisher: Booktrail Publishing
• | Publication Date: Nov 18, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 276 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1637677219
• | ISBN-13: 9781637677216