George Cyril Colmore was an English

English people

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 aviator

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 and the first Royal Navy

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 officer to gain a Royal Aero Club

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 Aviators Licence. Colmore was born in Hathern

Hathern

Hathern is a large village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The parish has a population of about 1,800. Nearby places are Dishley, Long...

 Leicestershire on 14 September 1885.

Royal Navy

In the 1901 Census Colmore is listed as a 15-year old Cadet at the Thames Nautical Training College (also known as HMS Worcester) in Dartford, Kent. In 1910 at his own expense he joined the Royal Aero Club

Royal Aero Club

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 and learned to fly at Eastchurch flying ground

RAF Eastchurch

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. On 21 June 1910 he flew a Short biplane to gain aviators certificate No. 15. Following his success the RAeC approached the Admiralty and offered to train more Naval aviators.

By 1917 Colmore was in command of the air station at Wormwood Scrubs.

Family

Colmore married Phyllis Isobel Fellowes on 25 January 1911 in South Kensington although the marriage ended in a divorce in May 1921 on the grounds of adultery, they had two children.