Sydney Liversedge

Captain Sydney Tyndall Liversedge (15 August 1897 – 1979) was an English World War I flying ace credited with 13 aerial victories.[1]

Sydney Tyndall Liversedge
Born(1897-08-15)15 August 1897
Honley, Yorkshire, England
Died1979 (aged 8182)
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Royal Air Force
Years of service1917–1919
RankCaptain
UnitNo. 70 Squadron RAF
Battles/warsWorld War I
  Western Front

Biography

Liversedge was born in Honley, Kirklees, Yorkshire, the son of James Arthur Liversedge and Ethelinda (née Hirst).[2] His father was a cashier at a woollen mill.[3]

On 19 July 1917 he was commissioned from cadet to temporary second lieutenant (on probation) on the General List of the Royal Flying Corps,[4] and was appointed a flying officer and confirmed in his rank on 31 August.[5]

Liversedge was posted to No. 70 Squadron RFC, flying the Sopwith Camel, in March 1918, which on 1 April, following the merging of the Army's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force became No. 70 Squadron RAF. Between 6 April and 9 October, during which, on 6 September, he was promoted to acting captain,[6] he claimed victories over 13 German aircraft. He was transferred to the RAF's unemployed list in January 1919. After the war, he worked as a mechanical engineer before he died in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1979.[1][7]

List of aerial victories[1]
No. Date/time Aircraft Foe Result Location Notes
16 April 1918
@ 1545
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8220
Albatros CDriven down out of controlBrayShared with Captain Harry Robinson
215 May 1918
@ 0730
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8266
Pfalz D.IIIDriven down out of controlAchiet-le-PetitShared with Lieutenant G. C. Morris
327 May 1918
@ 1155
Sopwith Camel
s/n C1602
LVG CSet on fire & destroyedRibemont
427 June 1918
@ 2030
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8268
Albatros D.VDriven down out of controlEast of Albert
5@ 2040Pfalz D.IIIDriven down out of control
61 July 1918
@ 0920
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8237
Albatros D.VDriven down out of controlBray
714 July 1918
@ 0700
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8268
Albatros CDestroyedEast of Bailleul
829 July 1918
@ 1915
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8265
Fokker D.VIIDriven down out of controlEast of Armentières
92 August 1918
@ 0710
Sopwith Camel
s/n C8268
Albatros CDestroyedSouth of Armentières
103 September 1918
@ 0910
Sopwith Camel
s/n E7167
Fokker D.VIIDestroyedSouth of Roulers
1115 September 1918
@ 1815
Sopwith Camel
s/n E7167
Fokker D.VIIDriven down out of controlHouthoulst
129 October 1918
@ 0930
Sopwith Camel
s/n E7161
LVG CDestroyedInglemunster
13@ 0945Fokker D.VIICapturedWest of MayerneineShared with Lieutenants Oscar Heron, E. A. Copp,
A. Webster & Kenneth Watson

See also

References

  1. "Sydney Tyndall Liversedge". The Aerodrome. 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. Mann, Stephen John (2014). "James Arthur Liversedge". Yorkshire Chess History. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. 1901 Census of Huddersfield, RG13/4094, Folio 48, Page 18, Sydney T. Liversidge, 26, East Gate Highfield Terrace, Honley, Yorkshire.
  4. "No. 30221". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 August 1917. pp. 8096–8097.
  5. "No. 30299". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 September 1917. p. 9826.
  6. "No. 30918". The London Gazette. 24 September 1918. p. 11347.
  7. Atkinson, Neil (25 June 2014). "New tributes to Honley's brave war heroes". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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