What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Thomas Sopwith - From 1914 to 1920, Sir Thomas Sopwith (1888 to 1989) lived here. Pioneer aviator & yachtsman and founder of the Sopwith School of Flying and Sopwith Aviation at Brooklands. Recorded plaque organisation: Cobham Conservation and Heritage Trust.
Sir Thomas Sopwith was a pioneering British aviator and aircraft manufacturer, renowned for founding Sopwith Aviation which produced iconic fighter planes like the Sopwith Camel during World War I.
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