Author: WILLIAMS, GEOFFREY
Title: Wings over Westgate the Story of a Front Line Naval Air Station During World War I
Description: West Malling, UK: Kent County Library, 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0905155572. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The town is notable for once being the location of a Royal Naval Air Service seaplane base at St Mildred's Bay, which defended the Thames Estuary coastal towns during World War I. The town is the subject of Sir John Betjeman's poem, "Westgate-on-Sea". Residents have included the 19th-century surgeon Sir Erasmus Wilson and former archbishop of Canterbury William Temple. The artist Sir William Quiller Orchardson painted several of his best-known pictures whilst living in Westgate-on-Sea. The British composer Arnold Cooke attended the town's Streete Preparatory School in the early 20th century, and Eton headmaster Anthony Chenevix-Trench spent the earliest few years of his education in the town. " (From Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: 0905155572 Aeronautics / Astronautics Geoffrey Williams Kent County England Royal Naval Air Station Westgate Sea Planes
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Title: Wings over Westgate the Story of a Front Line Naval Air Station During World War I
Description: West Malling, UK: Kent County Library, 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0905155572. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The town is notable for once being the location of a Royal Naval Air Service seaplane base at St Mildred's Bay, which defended the Thames Estuary coastal towns during World War I. The town is the subject of Sir John Betjeman's poem, "Westgate-on-Sea". Residents have included the 19th-century surgeon Sir Erasmus Wilson and former archbishop of Canterbury William Temple. The artist Sir William Quiller Orchardson painted several of his best-known pictures whilst living in Westgate-on-Sea. The British composer Arnold Cooke attended the town's Streete Preparatory School in the early 20th century, and Eton headmaster Anthony Chenevix-Trench spent the earliest few years of his education in the town. " (From Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: 0905155572 Aeronautics / Astronautics Geoffrey Williams Kent County England Royal Naval Air Station Westgate Sea Planes
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42350
- Book number: 42350
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