Charles Lavers

Captain Charles Stewart Touzeau Lavers BEM (17 August 1896 – 1979) was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.

There he scored his first victory on 18 June 1917 flying a Nieuport fighter, working with fellow aces Louis Fleeming Jenkin and Harry Reeves to destroy an Albatros D.V over Oostaverne.

On 1 June 1918, he shared in the destruction of a German Pfalz D.III fighter; Percy Jack Clayson, Harold Albert Kullberg, and eight other pilots also received credit.

Lavers last victory, on 1 October 1918, seems to have been a squadron affair, with twelve other pilots also receiving credit for driving down a Fokker D.VII out of control.

[2] Late in life, he was awarded the civilian British Empire Medal for his service in the Royal Observer Corps circa 11 June 1960.

(FRANCE) On a recent occasion this officer led his scout formation, escorting bombers to an objective thirty-nine miles over the lines; all the bombing machines were brought safely back.