Geoffrey Alexander Percival Gamon

The GPG who died in 1934 was married to Mary Esther born 1899 and they had a child Anne S born 1929. The family travelled from Valparaiso to Liverpool in 1933 and their address was given as c/o Gamon and Co 2 Whitefriars, Chester and he was an Accountant.
Mary Esther Gamon died 1999 Birkenhead and was born 29-5-1899

In 1958 Annie S Gamon a Child Nurse travelled from Canada to UK address The Old Farm, Gayton, Heswell, and she was born 7-3-1929
in 2002 she was at
ANNE S GAMON
4 GAYTON FARM ROAD, WIRRAL CH60 8NN

The joker in the pack of information about Geoffrey Alexander Percival Gamon
is that the Kenya Gazette of 1925, 1926 and 1930 shows him to be with the Kenya Police!

David

Yep just found him on Google Books

Also

The Times, Saturday, Apr 17, 1920; pg. 5; Issue 42387; col

The Law Society. Preliminary Examination Result

Successful

G.A.P. Gamon

David

Paul,

“Born 9 Jan. 1902, a Pilot with Imperial Airways flying out of London who was killed in an aeroplane accident at Cairo on 24 Oct. 1934” (Marlborough College Register)

He was too young to have served in WWI.

I admit I made a Gamon mi-Steak on that – The G.P. Gamon referenced might be an uncle? Gilbert Percival Gamon born 1871

But I am also sure Marlborough College not correct in all details..

I can only find 1 Geoffrey Gamon born for reflevant date (1902)

From London Gazette

Mr. Geoffrey Percival Gamon, of the Kaleyards Works, Steel Casement Maker, Chester,

Now running another company and being a pilot of another may not be impossible.. But I am not yet convinced in this case especially as you show in in Kenya in the later 1920s…..

Date:14 November 1930 Issue number:33661 Page number:7280 Score:61.83%

The Companies Act, 1929.
The NESTON COTTAGE COMPANY Limited.
AT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Members of the above named Company, duly
convened, and held at Messrs. Edward Bates &
Sons Office, Cunard Buildings, Liverpool, in the
county of Lancashire, on the 4th day of November,
1930, the following Special Resolution was
duly passed: —
” That the Company be wound up voluntarily;
and that Mr. Geoffrey Percival Gamon, of the
Kaleyards Works, Steel Casement Maker, Chester,
be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the
purpose of such winding-up, at a fee of £100 (one
hundred pounds).”
(099) PERCY E. BATES, Chairman.
The

Date:27 February 1931 Issue number:33693 Page number:1376 Score:51.04%

The Companies Act, 1929.
‘NESTON COTTAGE COMPANY Limited.
(In Voluntary Liquidation.)
OTICE is hereby given that the creditors of
the above named Company are required,
on or before the 15th day of December, 1930, to
send in their names and addresses, with particulars
of their debts or claims, and the names and
addresses of their Solicitors (if any), to the undersigned,
Geoffrey P. Gamon, of Kaleyards Works,
Victoria-road, Chester, the Liquidator of the said
Company; and, if so required by notice in writing
by the said Liquidator, are, by their Solicitors or
personally, to come in and prove their said debts
or claims at such time and place as shall be
specified in such notice, or in default thereof they
will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution
made before such debts are proved.—
Dated this 6th day of November, 1930.
(100) GEOFFREY P. GAMON, Liquidator.

The joker in the pack of information about Geoffrey Alexander Percival Gamon
is that the Kenya Gazette of 1925, 1926 and 1930 shows him to be with the Kenya Police!

David

Geoffrey Alexander Percival Gamon was one of 3 Cheshire born brothers involved with aviation. The Marlborough College Register shows that he was born on 9 Jan. 1902, and that he was a pilot with Imperial Airways who was killed in an aeroplane accident at Cairo on 24 Oct. 1934. There is a stained glass window in his memory in Chester Cathedral.

However, this site: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/Airline/AL%20H-I.htm
does not show any Imperial aircraft accidents in 1934.

Also, in the House of Commons on 10 Dec 1937 the Under Secretary of State for Air reported that Imperial Airways aircraft were not involved in any serious accidents in 1934.

If all of the above is correct it seems to suggest that although he was killed as a result of an aero accident there was no aircraft damaged!

Can anyone tell me anything about his death?

was he killed as a result of a flying accident or an accident involving an aircraft? ie walking into a propeller. from things ive read in the past these type of accidents when recorded are still recorded as an aircraft accident..

Looking at the text on the window, it only said:
“Accidentally killed in Cairo Oct 24, 1934”

http://img.4travel.jp/img/tcs/t/pict/lrg/20/28/41/lrg_20284110.jpg?20101003001510

You will probably be aware of this link to Geoffrey Gamon. 😉

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=115460

Thanks flyernzl. The possibility that he was flying another aircraft – I should have thought of that but didnt!

Not sure about a web search for an accident in Cairo in 1934. A search on his name does not produce any additional information.

Possibility that, although employed by Imperial Airways, he was flying some other (private?) aircraft when the accident occurred.

How about a search for non-airline accidents on that day?