Herald - Issue 422

21st April 2022 • The HERALD • Page 11 v SHOP LOCALLY FOR SERVICE & VALUE v Tables, dressers, mirrors, lamps, home fragrance, coasters, art, giftware and lots more! Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 4pm 023 8084 4472 • beashomeltd@gmail.com Bea’s Home, 50 Pylewell Road, Hythe SO45 6AQ Quality homewares to suit every pocket NEW Spring Furniture & Garden Wares in Stock Now! J Webber Gas and Heating Services Installations, Alterations, Breakdowns and Maintenance Tel: 07825 018023 Email: webberjim77@gmail.com 0238001 4269 Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, FAWLEY o cial Civil Engineers list on 14th December 1880. He went to work in Buenes Aires in South America at the Calle Riva Delvia 165, leaving from the port of Southampton. At the age of 35 he was working in La Plata, Argentina. We must remember that at this time there were no transatlantic aeroplanes to travel from A to B. Possibly there were steam trains, or it would have been by horse and cart over unmade roads, or steam ships, all time consuming and uncomfortable. He returned to England in the June on the steam ship ‘ e Nile’ which le South America, La Plata on 29th July 1898. e voyage commenced from the river Plate in Argentina then travelled up the east coast of South America to Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, then across the ocean to the Caribbean to St. Vincent, then across the Atlantic Ocean to Madeira, Lisbon in Portugal, Vigo in Spain, Cherbourg in France, and nally arrived in Southampton on 18th August 1898. At the age of 38, in 1899, he married Una Vallange Crondell, and a year later their only child, a son, Philip Vallange Pinckney was born in the April of 1900 (Philip Vallange Pinckney became a mechanical engineer). Philip John returned to South America at least once more for work. e return journey was the same 23 years at the time, and lived at Kings Langley. He had trained at the Military School in Birmingham, taken his ying certi cate in a Maurice Farman Biplane and achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps. Philip John Pinckney, was brought to Fawley, All Saint’s Church, and buried in a grave with Alice Pettit, a great friend. route, but this time it was on the steam packet ship Almanzora, leaving Buenes Aires on April 1st 1921 and arriving in Southampton on the 23rd April 1921. On the fateful day of his death, on 25th May 1921, 60 year old Philip John was being own from the Isle of Wight to Hamble. At this time in his life, he was living in Lymington. e ight was in an ex RFC/RAF war plane, a Bristol Fighter decommissioned and sold via the Aircra Disposals Co. Ltd. It is not certain if Philip John owned or chartered the aeroplane. e aeroplane was originally a two-seater, but on this particular Wednesday there were three persons on board. e young pilot omas Lawrence Tebbit, Philip John Pinckney and his niece Miss Frances Pinckney. On approach to the landing, the aeroplane stalled and crash landed. It killed Philip John immediately, but the pilot and the niece were rushed to Netley Hospital, where sadly, omas died soon a er. e aircra was damaged beyond repair. omas, the pilot, was aged Continued from page 10 Bristol Fighter Metabolic Support UK would like to express their thanks to the Hythe community for their donations to Mary’s local vegetable stall helping to raise £31.88 for the charity. Your support really means the world to the charity, helping them to achieve their ultimate goal of improving the lives of those living with Inherited Metabolic Disorders and their families. e money raised from the stall will help them to continue to deliver their services. For more information about Metabolic Support UK please visit: metabolicsupportuk.org Thank You for Your Support!