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| name = Richard Aveline Maybery | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1895|1|4}} | birth_place = Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1917|12|19|1895|1|4}} | death_place = Haynecourt, France | placeofburial = Flesquières Hill British Cemetery, Flesquières, Nord | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = {{Coord|50|7|30|N|3|7|30|E|display=inline,title}} | allegiance = {{Flagcountry|UKGBI}} | branch = {{army|UK}} {{air force|UK}} | serviceyears = 1913–1917 | rank = Captain | unit = 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers No. 56 Squadron RFC | commands = | battles = World War I {{*}}North West Frontier Province {{*}}Western Front | battles_label = | awards = Military Cross & Bar | memorials = | relations = }}Captain Richard Aveline Maybery {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC*}} (4 January 1895 – 19 December 1917) was a Welsh flying ace in the First World War.[1] BiographyMaybery was born in Brecon, Wales, on 4 January 1895, the only son of Aveline Maybery, a solicitor, and his wife Lucy. He was educated locally and at Wellington College, Berkshire, before going on to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.[1] After his graduation he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers on 17 September 1913.[2] At the outbreak of the war he was serving in the North West Frontier Province where he was promoted to lieutenant on 31 October 1914.[3] After being seriously wounded in action at Shabqadar on 15 September 1915, Maybery became bored during his rehabilitation and, unable to sit on a horse, became involved in observing for a unit of the Royal Flying Corps who were based nearby.[1] He was eventually seconded to the RFC, and appointed a flying officer (observer) on 10 October 1916, with seniority from 21 August 1916.[4] Later he travelled to Egypt where he trained to be a pilot, being appointed a flying officer on 11 April 1917,[5][6] and was posted to France to serve in No. 56 Squadron, alongside aces James McCudden, Arthur Rhys Davids and Keith Muspratt. Aggressive and headstrong, Maybery quickly accumulated a high victory tally, accounting for 21 enemy aircraft between 7 July and 19 December 1917. He was awarded the Military Cross on 26 September,[7] and on 18 November was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain.[8] His second Military Cross was awarded on 17 December.[9] Moments after his final victory on 19 December, shooting down an Albatros D.V over Bourlon Wood, Maybery's SE5a was either hit by fire from a mobile anti-aircraft battery (credited to K-Flakbatterie 108 commanded by Leutnant Thiel), or shot down by Vizefeldwebel Artur Weber of Jasta 5, and crashed near the village of Haynecourt.[10] His wartime tally consisted of 16 destroyed (two shared), and five driven down 'out of control'.[1] Maybery was buried in Haynecourt by the Germans,[1] but after the war was re-interred at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, Nord, France.[11] A marble plaque dedicated to the memory of Richard Aveline Maybery, can be found in Brecon Cathedral. The plaque includes the prayer: {{quote|"Almighty God..... enable us who remain in the safety of our homes to be worthy of those who have died for us... grant us with a willing spirit to do whatever duty may be laid upon us."[12]}}Awards and citations
Lieutenant Richard Aveline Maybery, Lancers and Royal Flying Corps. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After attacking two aerodromes in succession at very low altitudes, and inflicting considerable damage, he attacked and dispersed a number of mounted men and then attacked a goods train. He next attacked and shot down a hostile machine at 500 feet, and before returning attacked a passenger train. On numerous occasions he has attacked, single handed, large hostile formations and set a fine example by his gallantry and determination."[13]
Lieutenant Richard Aveline Maybery, Lancers and Royal Flying Corps "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as leader of offensive patrols for three months, during which he personally destroyed nine enemy aeroplanes and drove down three out of control. On one occasion, having lost his patrol, he attacked a formation of eight enemy aeroplanes. One was seen to crash and two others went down, out of control, the formation being completely broken up.[14] Combat record
Quotes{{quote|"...He (Captain Maybery) and Captain Ball and Lieutenant Rhys Davids did more harm to the morale of the German Flying Corps than any other fifteen pilots between them. They all, always, took on any odds. They were too brave and reckless."|Reminiscence of Captain Duncan Grinnell-Milne, Commanding Officer of No. 56 Squadron RFC, upon hearing news of the death of Captain Richard Maybery.}}References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/wales/maybery.php |title=Richard Aveline Maybery |work=The Aerodrome |year=2015 |accessdate=5 June 2015}} {{wwi-air}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Maybery, Richard A.}}2. ^{{London Gazette |date=16 September 1913 |issue=28756 |page=6561 |nolink=yes}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |date=26 February 1915 |issue=29084 |page=1981 |nolink=yes}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |date=30 March 1917 |supp=y |issue=30007 |page=3182 |nolink=yes}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |date=25 May 1917 |supp=y |issue=30092 |page=5146 |nolink=yes}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |date=19 June 1917 |supp=y |issue=30141 |page=6139 |nolink=yes}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |date=25 September 1917 |supp=y |issue=30308 |page=9977 |nolink=yes}} 8. ^{{London Gazette |date=30 November 1917 |supp=y |issue=30410 |page=12632 |nolink=yes}} 9. ^{{London Gazette |date=14 December 1917 |supp=y |issue=30431 |page=13180 |nolink=yes}} 10. ^{{cite book |first1=Christopher F. |last1=Shores |first2=Norman |last2=Franks |authorlink2=Norman Franks |first3=Russell F. |last3=Guest |title=Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920 |location=London, UK |publisher=Grub Street |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-948817-19-9 |lastauthoramp=yes |page=264}} 11. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/336959/MAYBERY,%20RICHARD%20AVELINE |title=Casualty Details: Maybery, Richard Aveline |work=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |year=2015 |accessdate=5 June 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/westlake/Westlake23.htm |title=Brecon Cathedral – War Memorials |first=Ray |last=Westlake |work=Remembering The Great War |year=2011 |accessdate=5 June 2015}} 13. ^{{London Gazette |date=8 January 1918 |supp=y |issue=30466 |page=627 |nolink=yes}} 14. ^{{London Gazette |date=19 April 1918 |supp=y |issue=30645 |page=4858 |nolink=yes}} 13 : 1895 births|1917 deaths|People from Brecon|People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire|Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst|21st Lancers officers|Royal Flying Corps officers|British World War I flying aces|Welsh aviators|Aviators killed by being shot down|British Army personnel of World War I|British military personnel killed in World War I|Recipients of the Military Cross |
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