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
Died	1979 (aged 81–82) Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army Royal Air Force
Years of service	1917–1919
Rank	Captain
Unit	No. 70 Squadron RAF
Battles/wars	World 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
1	6 April 1918 @ 1545	Sopwith Camel s/n C8220	Albatros C	Driven down out of control	Bray	Shared with Captain Harry Robinson
2	15 May 1918 @ 0730	Sopwith Camel s/n C8266	Pfalz D.III	Driven down out of control	Achiet-le-Petit	Shared with Lieutenant G. C. Morris
3	27 May 1918 @ 1155	Sopwith Camel s/n C1602	LVG C	Set on fire & destroyed	Ribemont
4	27 June 1918 @ 2030	Sopwith Camel s/n C8268	Albatros D.V	Driven down out of control	East of Albert
5	@ 2040		Pfalz D.III	Driven down out of control
6	1 July 1918 @ 0920	Sopwith Camel s/n C8237	Albatros D.V	Driven down out of control	Bray
7	14 July 1918 @ 0700	Sopwith Camel s/n C8268	Albatros C	Destroyed	East of Bailleul
8	29 July 1918 @ 1915	Sopwith Camel s/n C8265	Fokker D.VII	Driven down out of control	East of Armentières
9	2 August 1918 @ 0710	Sopwith Camel s/n C8268	Albatros C	Destroyed	South of Armentières
10	3 September 1918 @ 0910	Sopwith Camel s/n E7167	Fokker D.VII	Destroyed	South of Roulers
11	15 September 1918 @ 1815	Sopwith Camel s/n E7167	Fokker D.VII	Driven down out of control	Houthoulst
12	9 October 1918 @ 0930	Sopwith Camel s/n E7161	LVG C	Destroyed	Inglemunster
13	@ 0945		Fokker D.VII	Captured	West of Mayerneine	Shared with Lieutenants Oscar Heron, E. A. Copp, A. Webster & Kenneth Watson

See also

• List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories

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.