Sydney Liversedge

Sydney Tyndall Liversedge
Born (1897-08-15)15 August 1897
Honley, Yorkshire, England
Died 1979 (aged 8182)
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

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

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. He died in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1979.[1]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30221. pp. 8096–8097. 7 August 1917.
  5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30299. p. 9826. 21 September 1917.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 30918. p. 11347. 24 September 1918.
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