Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,701 pages of information and 247,103 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Hereward de Havilland

From Graces Guide

c.1895 Born in Nuneaton

1901 Charles De Havilland 46, lived in Crux Easton, Alice T Havilland 46, Ivon de Havilland 21, electrical engineer, Geoffrey de Havilland 18, mechanical engineer, Lone F T de Havilland 15, Gladys M de Havilland 12, Hereward de Havilland 6[1]

1911 At school in Dover[2]

WWI Flew in the RFC; awarded DSO; rank of Captain (temporary Major in the Army)[3]

1945 Aircraft engineer, living in Welwyn Garden City, arrived in San Diego from Australia on a RAF Transport Command aircraft[4]

1976 died in Victoria, Australia[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1901 census
  2. 1911 census
  3. Medal cards
  4. Arrivals card
  5. BMD