On this day: Rex Warneford brings down the Zeppelin

On this day in 1915, Flight Sub-Lt ‘Rex’ Warneford, of the Royal Naval Air Service, brought down a Zeppelin, for which he was awarded a Victoria Cross. His image was used to encourage enlistment in his former unit, the 24th (2nd Sportsmen’s) Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. He spent much of his free time in Oxhey and he is recorded on the war memorial at St Matthew’s Church, after dying from injuries from a crash on 17th June.

Thank you to Robert Lock and Dr Robert Wynn Jones for sharing his story.

You can read more about Rex’s story in our Reginald Warneford history article.