Neville Usborne

Neville Florian Usborne
Born27 February 1883
Queenstown, Ireland
Died21 February 1916, aged 32
Strood
Buried
Woodlands cemetery, Gillingham, Kent
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Royal Naval Air Service
Years of service1897-1916
RankWing Commander (RNAS)

Neville Usborne (27 February 1883 – 21 February 1916) was a British naval officer who played a prominent part in British military lighter-than-air aviation before the First World War. He was involved with the construction of the first British rigid airship HMA No. 1 and was killed in one of the first experiments in launching an aeroplane from an airship.