Noel SINCLAIR-THOMPSON was born 1927 in Cape Province, South Africa. He died UNKNOWN. Cynthia Irene KNIBBS, daughter of Norman Owen KNIBBS and Dorothy Cecelia SCOTT-WILLIAMS , was born Private.


Marriage/Union Events for Noel SINCLAIR-THOMPSON\Cynthia Irene KNIBBS:


Notes for Noel SINCLAIR-THOMPSON:

I'm guessing that Noel was in the Rhodesian Air Force at the time he married Cynthia. The marriage certificate shows that he was stationed at Thornhill Camp in Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia at the time they married.
Thornhill

Note: In 1939 a committee was set up to locate and survey three sites in the Gwelo area that were suitable for the establishment of an airfield for the Commonwealth Training Group responsible for training aircrews for the defence of the Empire during World War II. The most suitable site comprised a portion of Thornhill farm and an adjacent farm, Glengarry. This land was commandeered for the duration of the War and finally purchased in 1947. The first buildings were constructed in 1941 and official use and the beginning of training began in March 1942. Some of the original buildings of this time are still in use at Thornhill today.

The town of Gwelo and the air station grew during World War II. A total of 1810 pilots were trained during this time. Many of these men returned after the war to settle in Rhodesia. Some of them formed the nucleus of the military training schemes which led to the formation of the Southern Rhodesian Air Force.

Sources for Noel SINCLAIR-THOMPSON:

  1. Marriage Certificate,

Notes for Cynthia Irene KNIBBS: