This book tells the fascinating history behind how and why Aldershot's Military Cemetery,with its unique design, unusual geographic location, and diverse - flora and fauna, makesit one of the most unusual military cemeteries in the world. It tells the story of how firstthe military at Aldershot and then its neighboring town Farnborough embraced the developingtechnologies of aviation, balloons, man lifting kites and airships and how Farnborough becamethe birthplace of British aviation.The book also charts the role played by both towns in the evolution of the Royal Air Force, throughthe establishment of its predecessors, the Royal Engineers Air Battalion, and the Royal FlyingCorps. Along with the parallel rise of the Royal Aeronautical Establishment and its forerunners,H.M. Balloon Factory, e Army Aircraft Factory, e Royal Aircraft Factory and the RoyalAircraft Establishment.Set against the backdrop of what was happening in aviation internationally, nationally and locallyat Farnborough in the years that they died 1907-1943. This book tells the little known and untoldstories of fifty-one men who rest within the cemetery and their association and contributionsto the successful rise of the Royal Air Force and Royal Aeronautical Establishment both on theground and in the air.
