Captain Alexander Kynoch and Captain Henry Stroud memorials, Rawreth, Essex

Captain Alexander Kynoch memorial. Newly listed at Grade II. © Terry Joyce. On the night of 7 March 1918, RFC Captains Alexander Kynoch and Henry Stroud set off respectively from Stow Maries and Rochford airfields, Essex on their way to intercept a German Gotha bomber that was heading for London. They fatally collided in mid-air around midnight and crashed in fields at nearby Rawreth. The local farmer, William Wilson, and his sister Jean were first on the scene.