Chatham Naval Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Ash & Flight Lieutenant Vernon were on a scouting expedition in a Short Admiralty Type 74 Seaplane No. 77 looking for German submarines off the east coast of Scotland. They left Dundee at 4.15 pm on 29th September, 1914 & failed to return.They died by drowning in the North Sea on either the 29th or the 30th of September, 1914. Their bodies were not recovered for burial. Vernon had been invalided out of the Royal Navy, but re-joined in 1910.
Vernon, Henry Doone (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1914-September-29
Birth Date: 1885-May-01
Born:
Parents: Mr. J. Y. V. Vernon, Monaco; mothers name not found
Spouse: unmarried
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RNAS
Unit
(RNAS)
Base
RNAS, Dundee (Seaplane Base)
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
pilot
Service Numbers