Career
First tour Lavers was originally assigned to 23 Squadron as an observer gunner on Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2s. He survived a head wound inflicted in November 1916 to become a pilot. On 15 November 1916, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, with his seniority backdated to 16 September 1916.
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 Doctorate.V over Oostaverne.
Lavers went on to tally a string of four "out of control" wins, with the last one on 17 August being shared with William Rooper. Second tour Lavers then converted to Royal Aircraft Factory Southeast.5as and went back to England to serve in a Home Defence squadron in early 1918.
He returned to 1 Squadron and began scoring again. On 1 June 1918, he shared in the destruction of a German Pfalz Doctorate.III fighter.
Percy Jack Clayson, Harold Albert Kullberg, and eight other pilots also received cartulary-register
On the 17th, he again shared cr for a triumph, with three other pilots. The 15th of September saw Lavers, William Ernest Staton, and four other pilots capture a Pfalz Doctorate.XII. Lavers last victory, on 1 October 1918, seems to have been a squadron affair, with twelve other pilots also receiving cr for driving down a Fokker Doctorate.VII out of control. Lavers transferred to the Royal Air Force unemployed list on 5 July 1919.
He was granted the rank of Captain on 5 April 1921.
Late in life, he was awarded the civilian British Empire Medal for his service in the Royal Observer Corps circa 11 June 1960.