Cecil Grace

[2][3] Prior to his death, Grace had arranged to give free flying lessons to prospective pilots nominated by the Royal Navy.

[4] In 1910, a number of early aviators were competing for the Baron de Forest Prize of £4,000 for the longest flight from England into continental Europe.

[6] The sea was covered in mist, but a telegram was received that Grace had landed due to the strong winds near the village of Les Baraques near Calais.

[13] There is a stained glass window in the south wall of All Saints' Church, Eastchurch, dedicated jointly to Grace and to Charles Rolls who died the previous July.

[14] Grace's name also appeared on a monument celebrating the earliest cross-channel flights, erected at Calais by the Aero Club de France around July 1911.

Short S.27 aircraft
Map showing Calais in relation to London and Paris
Memorial window by Karl Parsons at Eastchurch, Kent