Captain Sydney Tyndall Liversedge (15 August 1897 – 1979) was an
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World War I
flying ace
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credited with 13 aerial victories.
Biography
Liversedge was born in
Honley
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,
Kirklees
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, Yorkshire, the son of James Arthur Liversedge and Ethelinda (née Hirst). His father was a cashier at a
woollen mill.
[ 1901 Census of Huddersfield, RG13/4094, Folio 48, Page 18, Sydney T. Liversidge, 26, East Gate Highfield Terrace, Honley, Yorkshire.]
On 19 July 1917 he was commissioned from cadet to temporary second lieutenant (on probation) on the General List of the
Royal Flying Corps
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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, and was appointed a flying officer and confirmed in his rank on 31 August.
Liversedge was posted to No. 70 Squadron RFC, flying the
Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed by the Sopwith Aviation Company as a successor to the Sopwith Pup and became one of the b ...
, 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
No.70 or LXX Squadron RAF provides strategic transport.
History
First World War
The squadron was formed on 22 April 1916 at Farnborough, and was equipped with the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. The squadron was posted to France, and in 1917 re-equi ...
. Between 6 April and 9 October, during which, on 6 September, he was promoted to acting captain, 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
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
, Yorkshire, in 1979.
See also
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References
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1897 births
1979 deaths
People from Honley
Royal Flying Corps officers
Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
British World War I flying aces