Background
Valentine was born in Lambeth, London on 22 August 1887 the son of James and Fanny Valentine. His father was a general manager of an insurance company in 1891.
Valentine was born in Lambeth, London on 22 August 1887 the son of James and Fanny Valentine. His father was a general manager of an insurance company in 1891.
Valentine gained his Royal Aeronautical Club aviators certificate (Number 47) on 31 December 1910 at Brooklands Aerodrome using a Macfie Biplane. In 1911, flying a Deperdussin, he was one of only four airmen to complete the Circuit of Britain race and was the only British aviator to compete in the Circuit of Europe race. He was one of the few competitors to complete the course.
In the Aerial Derby of eighty-one miles around London on 3 June 1912, Valentine was third flying a Bristol Prier monoplane.
With the outbreak of the First World War Valentine joined the in 1914. On 7 August 1917 Valentine died aged 29 as result of wounds at Kieff in Russia (now Kiev, Ukraine).
He is commemorated on the Archangel Memorial to men who died in the north Russian campaign and whose graves are not known.