Wulstan Tempest
| Wulstan Joseph Tempest | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 January 1891 Ackworth, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1966 (aged 74–75) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit |
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry No. 39 Squadron RFC |
| Commands held |
No. 100 Squadron RFC/RAF No. 36 Squadron RAF No. 101 Squadron RAF |
| Battles/wars | World War I • Western Front |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Major Wulstan Joseph Tempest, DSO, MC (22 January 1891 – 1966) was a British First World War pilot with the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. He was celebrated for shooting down a Zeppelin R Class airship over Potters Bar in October 1916.
Wulstan Tempest was born in Ackworth, Yorkshire, in 1891. He was the ninth child, and the sixth son, of Wilfrid Francis Tempest, a member of the notable recusant Tempest family, and his second wife Florence Helen O'Rourke. (Wilfrid had a total of 15 children from two marriages.) He was a descendant of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, the great-grandson of King Edward III. His father was a wealthy landowner and justice of the peace, serving as Chairman of the West Riding Bench for the Pontefract Division.
Tempest was educated at Stonyhurst College, where he won distinction in mathematics, then spent three years training for the merchant service at HMS Worcester. He worked as a mining engineer, and spent a few months as a sugar farmer in South Africa, before moving to Canada in 1911 with his brother Edmund to farm in Perdue, Saskatchewan, but they returned to England to enlist in October 1914.
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