The boys in the Churchyard

15/09/2020

Battle of Britain 80...our two young men in the Churchyard at All Saints in Fawley..

05/02/2020

This is footage of the funeral of Samuel Kinkead in 1928..

Funeral of Flt Lt Samuel Kinkead. All Saints Church, Fawley, Hampshire. Funeral procession of RAF / Royal Air Force Flyer Kinkead on a country road. Soldiers...

13/01/2020

13/01/2020

Pilot Officer Martyn King was a member of 249 squadron stationed at Boscombe Down.
On the 16th August 1940..his section commanded by Flt Lt Nicolson was tasked to intercept hostile aircraft over the Solent..
His section got ' bounced' by enemy aircraft.
Flt Lt Nicolson's actions are well documented as he won his Victoria Cross during this action.
Martyn King bailed out of his burning Hurricane successfully...but as he parachuted to the ground... Nicolson and King received ground fire from the Local Defence force.. possibly causing King's parachute to collapse..
Flt Lt Nicolson survived his wounds..
Martyn King didn't.

It was discovered a couple of years ago that he was the youngest pilot to die during the Battle of Britain.

Lest We Forget

13/01/2020

All Saint's Church in Fawley within its Churchyard has a number of Commonwealth War Grave Commission headstones.
With RAF Calshot very near by, All Saint's became the final resting place for these young men/boys.