Pre-War Roll of Honour - Ryedale Area.

Compiled by R M Allenby.

Below is a list of all those who lost their lives in aircraft crashes in the Ryedale area during the period upto the start of the Second World War. Thankfully this list is short.


6th December 1911 - Blackburn Mercury - Filey Beach.

P - Mr Hubert Oxley, aged 25, of ? Buried ?

P - Mr Robert J Weiss, aged 29, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Buried ?


24th June 1934 - Gipsy Moth G-AACO - Heslerton.

P - Mr Gerald Henry Lawson Royle, aged 16, of Streatham Common, North London. Cremated Hull.


10 September 1937 - Miles Falcom Major G-AENG - Scarborough Castle.

P - W/Cdr Percy Clark Sherren MC and Bar, of Prince of Wales Island, Canada. Buried ?

P - W/Cdr E G Hilton. Of England. Buried ?


30th May 1939 - Avro Cadet G-ABVV - Welburn, Kirkbymoorside.

P - Mr Montagu Scott McMurdo, aged 42, of Welburn, Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire. Buried Kirkdale Minster.


30th May 1939 - Slingsby Gull glider BGA349 - Welburn, Kirkbymoorside.

P - Mr Angus Ostler Pick, aged 31, of Leeming Bar, Yorkshire. Buried ?