Family :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Accidents were a minor factor in the casualty list. Our definition is deaths resulting from activities that were not directly associated with 'active service'. We have excluded Naval Accidents which are seperately identified because of their numbers and impact. Many accidents involved the aviators, operating at the the limits of technology.

Detail :

Sergeant Percy WAGHORN was killed while flying in an airship on 15 July 1919 aged 26. It was engaged on mine clearing duties and all members of crew of non-rigid airship NS 'XI' were killed when the airship foundered and burst into flames after having been struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The airship fell into sea off Moreton, near Blakeney, 4 miles North West of Salthouse, Norfolk between Wells and Sheringham. Some of the wreckage was picked up by the Sheringham Lifeboat. The crew were; Capt W K Warneford (Commander); Capt A S Elliott (1st Officer); Flt Serjt C O'Connor; Serjt C H Lewry (2nd Coxswain); Serjt P J Waghorn; LAC T Connelly, A.C. 1 F Cameron, A.M. 2 A T Jacques and A. M. 2 T G Jarrett The Masonic Roll of Honour published in 1921 listed his rank as Mechanic Source; David Barnes

Masonic :

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley