William Henry King - Airship Heritage Trust

Engineer William Henry King was born in Tonbridge on 02.08.1895. He joined the RNAS in WW1 and took part in airship patrols over the North Sea. He served on the R29, R32 and R36 airships and was also on the mast breakaway flight of R33. He was killed when the R101 crashed. In a very poignant ending to his story, the train carrying his body along with the rest of the fallen crew passed through his hometown on the way to London. (Many thanks to the Tonbridge Historical Society for supplying this information).