Countryside Searched by 1,200 Soldiers: The body of Mr. Pinsent, the civilian observer who fell from an aeroplane in West Surrey on Wednesday had not been found. It was stated at an inquest on Lieutenant Lutyens, the pilot, that diligent search had been made of the country by the police and by 1,200 soldiers of the London Regiment and the Basingstoke Canal and ponds in the vicinity had been dredged. An army sergeant stated that the aeroplane was flying at a tremendous height when it suddenly broke into five parts which came crashing to earth. He ran to the wreckage, where he saw Lieutenant Lutyens dead, but he saw nothing of Mr. Pinsent.
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GRO0163 Devonport: David Hume Pinsent: 1891 – 1918