One of Maidstone’s most tragic wartime incidents happened on 10th October 1940, when a Kenley Hurricane, of No.253 squadron, crashed ...
Group Captain Myles Duke-Woolley DSO, DFC & Bar (1916-1991) was a young flight lieutenant on No. 253 Sqn at Kenley ...
Alexander (“Alec”) Albert Gray Trueman was born in the town of Sackville in New Brunswick Canada in 1914. His father, ...
Derrick Wilson Halton was born in Northamptonshire in 1919. His father was John Wilson Halton, born Ulverston 1878, and Ethel ...
George Moberly was born into a military family in Bombay, India on 23 December 1914. His father Charles Noel Moberly ...
Peter Collard was born in London early in 1916. His parents were Charles John and Gladys Mary Collard. Aged 19 ...
Stanley Allen Fenemore was born in Wavertree, Liverpool on 25 April 1920. His parents were William Allen Fenemore and Gertrude ...
An oral history recording of Paul Farnes, the last remaining Battle of Britain pilot from RAF Kenley
As part of the Kenley Revival Oral History Project, we have interviewed speial people with memories of Kenley during World ...
We are saddened to learn that RAF Kenley’s last fighter ace from the Battle of Britain, Wing Commander Paul Farnes ...
In June 1917 an area of Coulsdon Common, part of which was in use as a golf course, was commandeered for ...
Accounts of the Battle of Britain talk of squadrons being “relieved” or “replaced” by another from elsewhere, but was it simply a case of “A” replacing “B” on the same day and carrying on as normal?
