In Memory of Second Lieutenant EDWARD VINCENT BAYLEY Royal Flying Corps and 6th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment who died age 31 on 24 February 1917 Son of James Bayley, of Willaston Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire. Remembered with honour VENDOME TOWN CEMETERY *Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion (Territorial), South Staffordshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps. Killed accidentally 24th February 1917. Aged 31. Son of James Bayley, of Willaston Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire; brother of Mes Carrick, c/o C.H. Rigg, Esq., 15 Copthall Avenue, London E.C.2. Buried in VENDOME TOWN CEMETERY, Loire-et-Cher, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 2. Member of the Exchange. Extract from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book: SECOND LIEUT. EDWARD VINCENT BAYLEY, Royal Air Force, was the second son of James Bayley, of Willaston Hall, Nantwich. He was born in 1885, educated at Marlborough, and became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1909. He was a good shot and keen rider to hounds. An illness prevented him from joining the army until the second year of the war. He then joined the South Staffordshire Regiment, and shortly afterwards was transferred to the R.A.F. He was killed at Vendôme in an accidental crash on 24 February 1917
2Lt E V Bayley of Vendôme NASTE (formerly 6th Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment) was killed in an accident while landing Caudron G.III N3088 on 24 February 1917. RIP Gareth
I wonder what he was doing flying a Caudron GIII as late as Feb 1917? Unlikely to be training if he was in France. Also, N3088 was an RNAS serial, and these aircraft were allocated to RNAS Vendome. Was he just having a joyride?
The RNAS operated NASTEs (Naval Air Service Training Establishments) at Vendôme in France, these became Nos 205 and 212 Training Depot Stations after the RNAS was absorbed into the RAF. Some RFC men trained there by the RNAS - the weather was sometimes more conducive to flying training than that experienced in the UK. Gareth
