Editing Lloyd Samuel Breadner (section)

==Early career==
Breadner obtained his pilot's certificate at Wright Flying School and was commissioned in the British [[Royal Naval Air Service]] on December 28, 1915. During [[World War I]] he served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] as a [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot in the [[No. 203 Squadron RAF|No. 3 (Naval) Squadron]]. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant (RNAS) on 31 December 1916. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] on May 23, 1917. The citation read:
{{blockquote|For conspicuous gallantry and skill in leading his patrol against hostile formations. He has himself brought down three hostile machines and forced several others to land. On the 6th April, 1917, he drove down a hostile machine which was wrecked while attempting to land in a ploughed field. On the morning of the 11th April, 1917, he destroyed a hostile machine which fell in flames, brought down another in a spinning nose dive with one wing folded up, and forced a third to land.|London Gazette<ref name="dsc" />}}
Squadron Commander Lloyd Breadner and 3 (Naval) Squadron were posted to RAF Walmer during the Winter of 1917/1918 .
He was released from the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]]<ref group="note">The RNAS had been joined with the Royal Flying Corps in 1918</ref> with the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]]<ref group="note">The RAF used Army-style ranks until mid-1919.</ref> in March 1919.