Bristol Times and Mirror: Thursday 16th May 1918

After being missing for a week, the body of David Hugh (sic) Pinsent, the observer who was killed with Lieutenant Lutyens while flying on an experimental test, has been found in the Basingstoke Canal.


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GRO0163 Devonport: David Hume Pinsent: 1891 – 1918

Liverpool Evening Express: 15th May 1918

After being missing for a week the body of David Hugh Pinsent, the observer who was killed with Lieut. Luytens, while flying in an experimental test, was found last night in the Basingstoke Canal.


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GRO0163 Devonport: David Hume Pinsent: 1891 – 1918

Bucks Herald: Saturday 4th May 1918

Stratford and East London Musical Festival: In this festival, held last week, Miss Pinsent entered her choir of working girls of East London for the Ladies’ Choirs Competition. Miss Pinsent’s choir came 3rd out of six entries and won the only certificate after the first and second prize: Adjudicator, Dr. Allen Gill.


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GRO0318 Devonport: Frances Maude Pinsent: 1882 – 1953

Hull Daily News: 16th May 1918

Observer’s Body Found: The body of David Hugh Pinsent, an observer, the second victim of last Wednesday’s aero plane accident in West Surrey, was found on Tuesday night found in the Basingstoke Canal at Frimley. The body of the pilot, Lieut. Lutyens was discovered near the wreckage near wreckage at the time of the accident.  


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GRO0163 Devonport: David Hume Pinsent: 1891 – 1918