CLEMENT HUGH GRESWELL 1891-

King George V Coronation Aerial Post flights      This vintage photo post card from the 1911 Coronation Aerial Post flights, shows Gustav Hamel and Clement Greswell loading air mail into one of the Bleriot monoplanes. Photo and legend courtesy of Roy Nagl, 12-14-05

 

King George V Coronation Aerial Post flights      This vintage photo post card from the 1911 Coronation Aerial Post flights, shows one of the two Bleriot monoplanes that were used for these flights, by Gustav Hamel and Clement Greswell. Photo and legend courtesy of Roy Nagl, 12-14-05

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Ian Sayer, 10-23-06 Hi Ralph,      This is Clement Hugh Greswell who was born in 1891. He had RAC Cert no.26, granted 15th Nov 1910 Regards Ian

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Clement Greswell", using the Google search engine, (8-21-06), you will find about 15 links. Many of them refer to his participation in the Coronation Aerial Post of 1911. Many others seem to refer to a book which bears his signature.

 

1911 CORONATION AERIAL POST FLIGHTS      On this website, one of many built by Roy Nagl, you will find a very interesting revue of the CORONATION AERIAL POST - 1911." Included is a comprehensive summary of the many events, as well as a daily summary of the flights from September 9 to September 26, 1911, the date of the last flight. The article is illustrated with photographs and references to many of the participants including Charles L. A. Hubert, as well as Clement Greswell and E. F. Driver. You will find that Greswell was active on most of the days of the series.      The page displays photographs of two of the postcards which were carried on the flights and also a vintage postard which celebrates the June 22, 1911 coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.      If time permits, and if you are not already familiar with Roy's other websites, I heartily recommend that you scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "AEROPLANES! or AIR MAIL AVIATORS." He has provided a wealth of information on many other subjects in the field and I am sure you will find much of interest.

Prestige Philately       On this page of the Prestige Philately website, you can find an entry referring to Clement Greswell. You can access site the by clicking on the title above. You may want to use your FIND function on "Greswell" to locate the item on the page.       Once you have found the entry, if you click on the blue LOT number on the left of the page, "459C", you will be taken to a page on which you will find thumbnails of both sides of a vintage postcard. If you enlarge the thumbnails, you will find that each of the four aviators in the event, Clement Greswell, C. Hubert, E. F. Driver and G. W. Hamel, have signed the card.

 

I have no information as to the date of his death.

 

Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

 

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