Herbert Montgomery Martin
H M Martin in uniform with cane. The photographs of Croydon by Herbert Montgomery Martin illustrate many of the activities, crashes and people working on
Tragedy at Croydon’s Tank Day 1918
On a previous post giving some glimpses of Croydon in 1918 through Herbert Montgomery Martin’s photographs, I mentioned that there was a tragic crash during
The Gosport System: Robert Smith-Barry and Pilot Training
The Avro Biplane – pictured at Gosport – was Barry-Smith’s preferred aircraft for instruction as it was easy to fly so the pilots could concentrate onlearning
Gosport Photographs: Keith le Geyt Lansdowne 1897 – 1984
Keith le Gent Lansdowne aged 17 in 1914 from album 3 Historic Croydon Airport Trust is extraordinarily fortunate to have 3 albums of original photographs
Pre-War Literature and Attitudes Toward Aerial Bombardment
In the decades preceding the First World War, future war fiction brought the concept of war in the air to the forefront of public imagination.
Women and Work in the First World War – The War in the Air
The merging of the RFC and the RNAS to form the Royal Air Force (RAF) raised fears about losing their specialised female workforce. The WRAF
The Role of Women and Work in World War One – General Background
From the late eighteenth century the Industrial Revolution used the labour of women, both single and married. Most women still worked in domestic service, though
Some of Henry Montgomery Martin’s 1918 Photographs of Croydon
Aerial view of Croydon, 1918 A series of photographs that HCAT has copies of – not the originals – gives a great visual glimpse of
Fighting for Air Volunteer Visit to the Local Studies / Museum of Croydon
In the last post, I detailed how six of us had a busy day last Tuesday as we visited the First World War (FWW) galleries
Fighting for Air Visit to the Imperial War Museum
Six of our volunteers had a busy day on Tuesday 12 December as we visited the First World War (FWW) Galleries at the Imperial War
Air Defences at Croydon
In January 1916, as the aerodrome opened for use, an observation point was established in central Croydon. There were numerous reports of suspected signalling to
A ring around London: Beddington Aerodrome
Beddington Aerodrome was at first just meant to be an emergency landing field but public pressure after the Zeppelin air raids meant it became an
Zeppelin Nights: The Impact of Raids
Winifred Knights’ The Deluge (1920) draws from the terror inflicted by the air raids for a contemporary depiction of the biblical flood. Knights was a
The Croydon Zeppelin Raid: A Personal Connection
33 Leslie Park Rd, Croydon, 14 October 1915 The Fighting for War project has used this image of the Zeppelin raid on Croydon in 13/14
Zeppelins over Croydon, 13/14 October 1915
Zeppelins raided London for two nights in September 1915. On the second of these raids, a Zeppelin was seen and heard heading over South Norwood
