Cecil Pashley

Cecil Lawrence Pashley MBE AFC (14 May 1891 – 10 December 1969) was a British aviation pioneer.

Cecil's two brothers were both killed during the First World War; Herbert was a 2nd lieutenant observation balloon officer and died on Christmas Day in 1916, whilst Eric was a lieutenant flying Airco DH.2s with 24 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and died in an accident on 17 March 1917.

During the Second World War Pashley was commissioned in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

In 1962 "Pash" (as he was popularly known) was presented with a special silver medal to mark his 50 years of active flying, which spanned the early days of aviation to the jet age, over which he had logged an astonishing 18,900 hours (13,000 of them on instruction) and had taught about 1600 people to fly.

[4] Cecil Lawrence Pashley died on 10 December 1969, aged 78, at Southlands Hospital, Shoreham.