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.