Category: Royal Naval Air Service

Categories: British Armed Forces | Royal Navy | Royal Navy in World War I

The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service, the Royal Air Force, the first of its kind in the world.

During its first year it continued to be the Naval Wing of the joint Royal Flying Corps (which had been set up in 1912), but was administered by the Admiralty's new Air Department, but on 1 August 1915 the RFC became the flying branch of the British Army while the RNAS became "an integral part of the Royal Navy".

For units and personnel who served during non-conflict periods see the sub-categories listed below.

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For more detailed service information about units and the personnel who served in the Royal Naval Air Service in specific wars/conflicts, see:

• World War I

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Leslie Brett 26 Feb 1893 Auckland, New Zealand - 22 Jul 1917

Egbert Cadbury 20 Apr 1893 Selly Oak, Worcestershire, England - 12 Jan 1967

James Cowan 26 Feb 1895 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - Dec 1969

George Evans 05 May 1899 Deptford, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 30 Dec 1974

Arthur Forster 02 Aug 1887 Saint Peter Port, Guernsey - 21 May 1967

Herbert Hinkler 08 Dec 1892 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - 07 Jan 1933

David Keith-Johnston 03 Apr 1895 City of London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Aug 1915

Macfie Keith-Johnston 09 Jun 1898 Lee, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Sep 1915

Michael Knatchbull 1895 England, United Kingdom - 1939

Hugh McDonald 25 Aug 1891 Gateshead, Durham, England - 1953

Gordan McNeil 20 Oct 1891 Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada - 03 Jun 1917

William Straker 31 May 1890 Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jul 1968

Kenneth Waterlow 19 May 1883 Islington, London, England - 18 Feb 1926

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