Memorial to Flight Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery

Memorial to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery, MANSTON ROAD

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Memorial cross to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord (died 1915). Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1405240
Date first listed:: 26-Jan-2012
List Entry Name:: Memorial to Flight Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery
Statutory Address:: Memorial to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery, MANSTON ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1405240
Date first listed:: 26-Jan-2012
List Entry Name:: Memorial to Flight Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery
Statutory Address 1:: Memorial to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery, MANSTON ROAD

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Memorial to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS, St John's Cemetery, MANSTON ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Kent
District:: Thanet (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TR3508869159

Summary

Memorial cross to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord (died 1915).

Reasons for Designation

The memorial to Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord RNAS at St John's Cemetery, Margate, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason: * Historic interest: as a memorial to one of the first British pilots killed attempting to counter the Zeppelin menace during World War I, the first sustained aerial bombardment in history.

History

St John's Cemetery, Margate, was opened on the outskirts of the town in 1856. The cemetery is a typical example of a picturesque Victorian funereal landscape, which provides the setting for many grand funerary monuments, used increasingly in the C19 as a means of asserting family affection and showing respect for the dead.

The burials in St John's Cemetery date from 1856 to the present day and illustrate many aspects of Margate's role as a health resort and holiday destination, and as a coastal community comprising all levels of society. The impact of significant cultural and social shifts and major world events over the last 150 years are also reflected in a number of the memorials in the cemetery. The original part of the cemetery was 10 acres; the site now extends to 35, and remains open for new burials.

During World War I, Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Lord was stationed at the Royal Naval Air Service seaplane base at Westgate. On 10 August 1915 he was killed attempting to land his plane at night after a sortie against a Zeppelin raid. The press reported that he had been at a dance with his fiancée shortly before the crash. He was buried with full military honours. Zeppelins were first used in bombing raids on Britain during January of 1915 and Reginald Lord was one of the first British casualties resulting from attempts to combat this new form of aerial warfare.

Details

Marble Latin cross set on a square, three-tiered, base surrounded by marble kerb. The inscription is set into the base in lead lettering, partly missing. It reads: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ FLIGHT SUB. LIEUTENANT/ REGINALD LORD. R.N.A.S./ OF NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE./ AGED 23./ WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN A ZEPPELIN RAID/ ON THIS COAST/ MONDAY AUGUST 10TH 1915.

Sources

Websites
A Brief History of the Sea-plane Base at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, accessed from http://channeldash.org/The%20Dash%20-%20Summer%202010.pdf

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.