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Sydney Liversedge

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Sydney Tyndall Liversedge
Born(1897-08-15)15 August 1897
Honley, Yorkshire, England
Died1979 (aged 81–82)
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Royal Air Force
Years of service1917–1919
RankCaptain
UnitNo. 70 Squadron RAF
Battles / wars

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

Biography

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.