Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC

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Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford VC

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Reginald Warneford who became a national hero when he single-handedly destroyed a Zeppelin has been left off a commemorative list because he was born in India.
A national hero fighter pilot who was the first person to shoot down a Zeppelin will be left off a roll call of First World War Victoria Cross heroes because he was born in India.
Sub-Lieutenant Reginald 'Rex' Warneford was awarded the medal for outstanding valour when he was just 23 years old for the mission.
Under government rules he will be excluded from a poignant commemoration next year to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.
Despite the accolade, his name will not appear on commemorative stone slabs to be laid next year because the government ruled that only servicemen and women born in Britain are eligible.
Let us recognise valour, rescind this silly decision and properly include his name.

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