Reginald Warneford

Reginald Warneford
Warneford standing in front of a Maurice Farman Shorthorn
Born	(1891-10-15)15 October 1891 Darjeeling, British Raj
Died	17 June 1915(1915-06-17) (aged 23) Buc, Yvelines, France
Buried	Brompton Cemetery, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1914–1915
Rank	Sub-Lieutenant
Unit	No. 1 Squadron RNAS
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Victoria Cross Legion of Honour (France)

Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (15 October 1891 – 17 June 1915), also known as Rex Warneford,^[1] was a British aviator and Royal Naval Air Service officer who received the Victoria Cross for air-bombing a Zeppelin during the First World War. It was the first victory of a heavier-than-air aircraft over a lighter-than-air dirigible.