Neville Florian Usborne
Wing Commander Neville Florian Usborne, (27 February, 1883 – 21 February, 1916) served in the Royal Navy. A very clever man, Usborne managed to be active in submarines, wireless and aviation before being killed in an accident in 1916.
Life & Career
Usborne's skills in French earned him the Ryder Memorial Prize as a Sub-Lieutenant.
Usborne was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1903.
Usborne submitted a report on German use of Wireless Telegraphy, an extract of which appeared in the Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907.[1]
On 1 October 1913, he was appointed in command of Naval Airship No. 3.
Usborne was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1914. On 1 April, 1914 he was appointed in command of Kingsnorth Airship Station.
Usborne was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander on 1 July, 1914.
On 21 October 1914, he was appointed in command of Naval Airship No. 8.
Usborne died alongside De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland in a wartime experiment to launch a fighter plane from airship AP.1 as a defence against Zeppelin attacks.
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
In Command, Kingsnorth Airship Station 1 Apr, 1914[2] – 13 Aug, 1915 |
Succeeded by Harold L. Woodcock |
Footnotes
- People
- People (UK)
- 1883 births
- 1916 deaths
- Commanders
- Commanders (UK)
- Aviators
- Aviators (UK)
- Torpedo Officers
- Torpedo Officers (UK)
- German Interpreter
- German Interpreter (UK)
- Interpreter
- Interpreter (UK)
- Submariners
- Submariners (UK)
- Killed on Active Service
- Killed on Active Service (UK)
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of May, 1897
- Served in R.N.
