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'''Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} (supplementary) '''Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth''', C.M.G., D.S.O.*, A.F.C. (27 March, 1885 – 24 February, 1961) served in the [[Royal Navy]], the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] and the [[Royal Naval Air Service]].
  
 
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Bigsworth entered the service at the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1913 and was sent to an aviation course at the [[Central Flying School]].
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Bigsworth was awarded the D.S.O. for dropping four 20-pound bombs from an Avro 504 on Zeppelin LZ39 over Ostend on the night of 17 May 1915.
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==Post-War==
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Bigsworth eventually became an Air Commodore in the R.A.F., serving until retirement in 1935.
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Revision as of 15:50, 12 August 2019

Lieutenant (supplementary) Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth, C.M.G., D.S.O.*, A.F.C. (27 March, 1885 – 24 February, 1961) served in the Royal Navy, the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Air Service.

Life & Career

Bigsworth entered the service at the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1913 and was sent to an aviation course at the Central Flying School.

Bigsworth was awarded the D.S.O. for dropping four 20-pound bombs from an Avro 504 on Zeppelin LZ39 over Ostend on the night of 17 May 1915.

He was awarded a bar to the D.S.O. for bombing a U-boat near Ostend.

Post-War

Bigsworth eventually became an Air Commodore in the R.A.F., serving until retirement in 1935.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur M. Longmore
In Command, Calshot Air Station
14 Dec, 1915 – 31 Jul, 1919
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes