Aldershot Military Cemetery - Send Church
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| St. Mary the Virgin church Send, Surrey |
The village of Send, Surrey.
Send is in the Guildford borough.
Its history dates back to the Domesday Book, 1086, when it was referred
to as Sande.
Its entry reads “ALVRED hold of the King SEND, and Reginald
(holds) of him. Karli held it. Send was
assessed were: 20 hides, 1 church, 10 ploughs, 2 mills worth £1 3s 6d, 5 fisheries
worth 4s 6d, 84 acres of meadow, woodland for 160 hogs. There are 41 households, and had additional
15 serfs, although whether they had households or not is uncertain. Its rendered £15 10s 6d per year to its overlords”. It this case the manorial lords were simply
recorded as Herbert; Reginald son of Erchenbald; and Walter, who was an Anglo-Saxon.
At the time of the Norman Conquest, Send was held by Karli of Norton.
During the reign of Henry VII, the first Cornish Rebellion
was launched against Henry on 14th June 1497, where there is a
little-known skirmish.
The rebels had been marching from Cornwall to Kent unbeknown
to the King.
During the 1950s, Send was the base of the defunct Connaught
Engineering, constructor of Formula One and Sport Cars.
The present church, St. Mary the Virgin church, parts of the
church dates around from 1220. Around 1485,
the nave was rebuilt, and a tower was added.
Located in Send is one of three memorials. The Celtic-style stone cross bears the inscription
1914-1918
In memory of the men of this village
who at the call of duty gave their lives their country
Faithful unto death
The names of the fallen are:
1914-18: G.
Frederick Barnes, William Barnett, Arthur Brackley, William C. Collins, George
F. Craddock, Trevor Durrant, Robert G. Fuller, Albert Giles, Alan F. M. Grant,
David Milard, Archibald Muir, Maurice Simmonds, W. Kenneth Sinclair, Robert R.
Skene, Ernest Tickner, Jack Tickner, Herbert W. Walls, Ernest A. Whapshot, Sidney
Wright, Alfred Wye
1939-1945:
Robert D. Dixon, Bradford W. O. Dockerty, Robert Giles, Rupert P. James, Frank
Hack, Hubert E. Murrell, Ian Matheson, Brian T. Opperman, Donald W. S. Price,
William Smith, Edward P. Winton, Edward Wood, Leslie Woolley, William Pratt
Robert Reginald Skene, who was born 1891, London.
At the time of the 1911 Census, Robert who is
19 years old, is listed as Clerk Royal Exchange Insurance Office. He is the son of Greek born Felix James Henry
and Jane Elizabeth Skene. He is living
at 47 Addison Garden, Kensington.
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| British Census 2nd April 1911 47 Addison Garden, Kensington |
The following year, 1913, Robert, obtains his Royal Aero
Club Aviators’ Certificate.
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| Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate |
12th August 1914.
Lieutenant R. R. Skene and his mechanic, R. Barlow were the first Royal
Flying Corps servicemen to have been killed during the First World War. They were on their way to France.
The Flight magazine, dated 14th August 1914,
reported
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| Bleriot XI |
“It is with profound regret that we have to record the
accident which occurred at Netheravon, on Wednesday morning last, resulting in
the deaths of Second Leiut. Robert B. Skene and Air-Mechanic R. K. Barlow. At the inquest held the same day, the
evidence went to show that the machine [Bleriot XI], though being banked
too strongly when making a left-hand turn, fell to the ground from a height of
between 150 and 200 feet. A verdict of “accidental death” was returned”
Lieutenant Skene was a recent addition to the Flying Corps,
as a Special Reserve officer, but as a civilian he had done a good deal of
flying. Skene was the first man, to
complete the first loop the loop. Barlow
had been in the Corps since 1912.
Robert Reginald Skene was buried at St. Mary the Virgin
church, Send. Barlow was buried at Bulford
Church Cemetery
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