BURIAL OF OFFICER KILLED NEAR BRISTOL
Lieut. Edward Somerset, of the Coldstream Guards, one of two victims of the air fatality at Hambrook, near Bristol, on Monday, was buried yesterday in Little Badminton Churchyard. Among the mourners at the quiet little church were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, Baron Frank de Tuyll, Lady Blanche Douglas, Lady Moyra Cavendish, and Mr. Evan Gibbs, of the Coldstream Guards. The flowers included a wreath from all ranks of the Coldstream Guards.
SOURCE: Western Morning News, 27 September 1929, Page 9, Column 5
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Edward {Matthias Tiarks] was to fly a weekend guest, Edward Somerset, a well-known sportsman and relative of the Duke of Beaufort, to Filton to catch a train. This was a regular trip with a few miles of the route following the railway line near Hambrook. Leaving Priddy at 3.30 p.m., the attraction of seeing a passenger train on the line seemed to have been an opportunity too good to be missed. Eyewitnesses said they had seen the Moth [Tiarks' aeroplane] "beat-up" the train, then stall and crash. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area and, regrettably, the two occupants, hurled some 60 yards, were fatally injured.
SOURCE: Weston Super Mare & the Aeroplane by Ted Johnson
Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificates, Great Britain:
Edward Victor Somerset
Guards Club, Brook Street, London, W.1.
Born 2nd July, 1903 at Ightham Moat, Kent
Nationality British
Rank, Regiment, Profession Office H.M. Army
Certificate taken on D.H. 60 X 62, h.p. Cirrus
At Cinque Ports Flying Club
Date 27th December, 1928
Lieut. Edward Somerset, of the Coldstream Guards, one of two victims of the air fatality at Hambrook, near Bristol, on Monday, was buried yesterday in Little Badminton Churchyard. Among the mourners at the quiet little church were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, Baron Frank de Tuyll, Lady Blanche Douglas, Lady Moyra Cavendish, and Mr. Evan Gibbs, of the Coldstream Guards. The flowers included a wreath from all ranks of the Coldstream Guards.
SOURCE: Western Morning News, 27 September 1929, Page 9, Column 5
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Edward {Matthias Tiarks] was to fly a weekend guest, Edward Somerset, a well-known sportsman and relative of the Duke of Beaufort, to Filton to catch a train. This was a regular trip with a few miles of the route following the railway line near Hambrook. Leaving Priddy at 3.30 p.m., the attraction of seeing a passenger train on the line seemed to have been an opportunity too good to be missed. Eyewitnesses said they had seen the Moth [Tiarks' aeroplane] "beat-up" the train, then stall and crash. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area and, regrettably, the two occupants, hurled some 60 yards, were fatally injured.
SOURCE: Weston Super Mare & the Aeroplane by Ted Johnson
Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificates, Great Britain:
Edward Victor Somerset
Guards Club, Brook Street, London, W.1.
Born 2nd July, 1903 at Ightham Moat, Kent
Nationality British
Rank, Regiment, Profession Office H.M. Army
Certificate taken on D.H. 60 X 62, h.p. Cirrus
At Cinque Ports Flying Club
Date 27th December, 1928
BURIAL OF OFFICER KILLED NEAR BRISTOL
Lieut. Edward Somerset, of the Coldstream Guards, one of two victims of the air fatality at Hambrook, near Bristol, on Monday, was buried yesterday in Little Badminton Churchyard. Among the mourners at the quiet little church were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, Baron Frank de Tuyll, Lady Blanche Douglas, Lady Moyra Cavendish, and Mr. Evan Gibbs, of the Coldstream Guards. The flowers included a wreath from all ranks of the Coldstream Guards.
SOURCE: Western Morning News, 27 September 1929, Page 9, Column 5
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Edward {Matthias Tiarks] was to fly a weekend guest, Edward Somerset, a well-known sportsman and relative of the Duke of Beaufort, to Filton to catch a train. This was a regular trip with a few miles of the route following the railway line near Hambrook. Leaving Priddy at 3.30 p.m., the attraction of seeing a passenger train on the line seemed to have been an opportunity too good to be missed. Eyewitnesses said they had seen the Moth [Tiarks' aeroplane] "beat-up" the train, then stall and crash. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area and, regrettably, the two occupants, hurled some 60 yards, were fatally injured.
SOURCE: Weston Super Mare & the Aeroplane by Ted Johnson
Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificates, Great Britain:
Edward Victor Somerset
Guards Club, Brook Street, London, W.1.
Born 2nd July, 1903 at Ightham Moat, Kent
Nationality British
Rank, Regiment, Profession Office H.M. Army
Certificate taken on D.H. 60 X 62, h.p. Cirrus
At Cinque Ports Flying Club
Date 27th December, 1928
Lieut. Edward Somerset, of the Coldstream Guards, one of two victims of the air fatality at Hambrook, near Bristol, on Monday, was buried yesterday in Little Badminton Churchyard. Among the mourners at the quiet little church were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, Baron Frank de Tuyll, Lady Blanche Douglas, Lady Moyra Cavendish, and Mr. Evan Gibbs, of the Coldstream Guards. The flowers included a wreath from all ranks of the Coldstream Guards.
SOURCE: Western Morning News, 27 September 1929, Page 9, Column 5
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Edward {Matthias Tiarks] was to fly a weekend guest, Edward Somerset, a well-known sportsman and relative of the Duke of Beaufort, to Filton to catch a train. This was a regular trip with a few miles of the route following the railway line near Hambrook. Leaving Priddy at 3.30 p.m., the attraction of seeing a passenger train on the line seemed to have been an opportunity too good to be missed. Eyewitnesses said they had seen the Moth [Tiarks' aeroplane] "beat-up" the train, then stall and crash. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area and, regrettably, the two occupants, hurled some 60 yards, were fatally injured.
SOURCE: Weston Super Mare & the Aeroplane by Ted Johnson
Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificates, Great Britain:
Edward Victor Somerset
Guards Club, Brook Street, London, W.1.
Born 2nd July, 1903 at Ightham Moat, Kent
Nationality British
Rank, Regiment, Profession Office H.M. Army
Certificate taken on D.H. 60 X 62, h.p. Cirrus
At Cinque Ports Flying Club
Date 27th December, 1928
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EDWARD VICTOR SOMERSET
Lieutenant Coldstream Guards
Born 2nd July 1903
Killed in an Aeroplane Accident
23rd September 1929
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