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Captain IVAN EMILIO MARIO MacKENZIE, R.F.C. Captain, Royal Flying Corps. Age 27 Died 12.10.1917
Captain IVAN EMILIO MARIO MacKENZIE R.F.C. was born in Genoa, Italy, the son of Evan and Margaret Tenison MacKenzie of 15, Via Cesare Cabella,
Genoa, Italy. He qualified as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. With plenty of experience, he became one of the Chief Flying Instructor’s at the School of Special Flying, based at Fort Grange
Aerodrome, Gosport.
On the 12th of October 1917 Captain MacKenzie, aged 28, took off in an Avro 504J aeroplane service no B3171. He was accompanied by Captain Andre Gerbe aged 33, of the French Flying Service. Captain Gerbe was in this Country to observe the new training methods adopted at the School of Special Flying based at Grange Aerodrome. The flight was to have been a demonstration of the aircraft's abilities. The aeroplane climbed to a height of about 1,000-feet, upon reaching that height, Captain Mackenzie began a series of aerobatics manoeuvres. 15 minutes into the flight, observers on the ground watched as the machine commenced to make a spinning nosedive, from which the aeroplane never pulled out of and the machine crashed.
Evidence at the subsequent inquest revealed that Captain MacKenzie and Captain Gerbe were indeed expert pilots. Assistance was rushed to the
scene of the crash. Both officers were unconscious on being extricated from the machine, but died soon after admission to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, as a result of shock and multiple injuries.
In the opinion of a Flying Corps officer, the pilot made an error of judgement, in not having corrected the spin when at a sufficient height to do so. A verdict of accidental death was recorded.
Captain IVAN EMILIO MARIO MacKENZIE, R.F.C., was buried on the 16th of October 1917, and is laid to rest, Plot 59 Space 53, and is commemorated
by a Family Memorial. Captain Gerbe was returned to France where he was buried.
Lieutenant LEE THOMPSON McLAUGHLIN, R.F.C. 4th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the Royal Flying Corps. Age 23
Died 19.4.1917
Lieutenant LEE THOMPSON McLAUGHLIN, Royal Flying Corps, joined the Army at the beginning of the 14-18 War, serving in the 4th Battalion West
Yorkshire Regiment as a Lieutenant, he saw action on the Western Front, being recommended for a course in flying, He was posted back to Gosport, where he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps.
Qualifying for his pilot’s wings, he was placed on the pilot strength of the 59th Reserve Squadron, taking the opportunity to gain as much air experience as possible. The young officer had been
attached to the Corps for only about a month for instructional purposes; he had had previous flying experience, and had passed through all his flying tests, except those of night flying.
On the 19th of April 1917 he took off from the Fort Rowner base in a DH1A monoplane service no. A1627. At about 3.00pm that Thursday afternoon, he was practising his combat technique. After he had reached an altitude of between 300 - 400 feet. It was observed that the machine was in difficulties after spinning around in a flat spin, the machine nose-dived onto the aerodrome. The fuel aboard the aeroplane ignited and Lt. McLaughlin was burned about the head. He was rushed to a sick ward at nearby Fort Rowner, but died about half an hour later. The cause of the mishap to the machine has not been ascertained. The medical evidence showed that death was due to injuries to the head. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
Lieutenant LEE THOMPSON McLAUGHLIN, R.F.C., was buried on 24th April 1917, and is laid to rest, Plot 29 Space 67, and is commemorated by a CWG
headstone.
Mr AUSTYN MALONE 19 Gordon Road, Gosport. Age 24 Died
10.3.1941 - SEE – Mr WILLIAM BURRIDGE
Constable HENRY ROBERT MALONEY, R.M.P. Formerly, RMP/612, Royal Military Police Constable. Age 63 Died 27.10.1947
Constable HENRY ROBERT MALONEY, Royal Military Police, was the son of William Henry and Eliza Emily Maloney. He was also the husband of Rosina
Hannah, and who died at his home, No. 10 Grayshott Road, Gosport, on Monday 27th October 1947, as a result of causes attributable to his war service. Mr Maloney was at the time of his death working as a
labourer. Like so many others, it should be noted that he served in the 1914-18 war.
(Former) Constable HENRY ROBERT MALONEY, R.M.P., was buried on Friday 31st October 1947, and is laid to rest, Plot 8 Space 18, and is
commemorated by a CWG headstone.
Private JOHN MARCHANT, R.M.L.I. PO/14420,
Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Age unknown Died 12.1.1919
Private JOHN MARCHANT, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Very little is known about Private Marchant, we know
he died on the 12th of January 1919, it is thought as a result of contracting the ‘Spanish Flu’ epidemic, which raged throughout war torn Europe. And, which swept through the Royal
Marine’s Barrack’s Gosport (St. Vincent School). Somewhere in the region of a million people died after becoming infected. Private JOHN MARCHANT, R.M.L.I., was laid to rest two days later,
Plot 39 Space 42, and is commemorated by a CWG headstone.
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