during 1913 the first night landing made in england was achieved at upavon, by lieutenant cholmondeley. in may 1914, winston churchill, then first lord of the admiralty, was a passenger on a flight by a farman mf.7 biplane while visiting upavon. two officers of the cfs at upavon developed the bomb sight between 1914–1915, and this was used in a very successful manner at the western front. the officers' mess, a grade ii* listed building, was completed in 1915.