About Cecil Francis Kilner
Lived 1883 – 1925 (aged 42). Cecil Francis Kilner was a British aircraft pilot.
Group Captain Cecil Francis Kilner, DSO*, ADC (8 October 1883 – 20 October 1925) was an early English aviator and pilot in the 1914 Cuxhaven Raid. He was awarded two Distinguished Service Orders during service with the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, he died as a Royal Air Force Group Captain in 1925 after a short illness. In the 1911 Census he was described as a Lieutenant of the Royal Marines Light Infantry aboard HMS Swiftsure in the Grand Harbour, Malta.
Royal Naval Air Service On 22 October 1913 he was awarded the Aviators Certificate #667 from the Royal Aero Club following flights at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire and went on to serve with the Royal Naval Air Service.
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Who was Cecil Francis Kilner?
English aviator (1883-1925)
When was Cecil Francis Kilner born?
Cecil Francis Kilner was born on 8 October 1883 in Kemsing.
When did Cecil Francis Kilner die?
Cecil Francis Kilner died on 20 October 1925 in London.
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Cecil Francis Kilner was an aircraft pilot.
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Cecil Francis Kilner was British.
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