Alwyne Loyd
Sep. 30th, 2020 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloLast time I visited St Laurence, Hawkhurst they had most of the building roped off as a CV19 prevention measure. I tried again yesterday and the ropes had been taken away- and I was able to wander round and take pictures...
Alwyne Loyd was a Great War pilot with six victories to his name- which is enough for him to rank as an "ace". He was killed- aged 23- flying over German lines somewhere to the east of Ypres- one of the 44 victims of war-crazy loon Rudolph Berthold. His memorial consists of a brass plaque and the whittled down propeller that once stood in place of a cross over his temporary grave at Poperinghe.
Alwyne Loyd was a Great War pilot with six victories to his name- which is enough for him to rank as an "ace". He was killed- aged 23- flying over German lines somewhere to the east of Ypres- one of the 44 victims of war-crazy loon Rudolph Berthold. His memorial consists of a brass plaque and the whittled down propeller that once stood in place of a cross over his temporary grave at Poperinghe.
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Date: 2020-09-30 09:33 am (UTC)Our previous home had been McCudden's which was a nice connection for two historians.
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Date: 2020-09-30 04:14 pm (UTC)