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Reginald Warneford black plaque

Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Reginald Warneford black plaque

Sub Lt Reginald Warneford VC Royal Naval Air Service 2 Morton Crescent, Exmouth. Awarded VC for conspicuous bravery when on June 7, 1915 flying a single-engined aircraft, he hand-dropped bombs destroying a German Zeppelin airship flying below him at night over Belgium. Died ten days later in flying

accident near Paris, aged 23 years

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