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Born 1896; educated at Kingston Grammar School, Surrey; enlisted as a Pte in the 1/5 Bn, East Surrey Regt, 1914; served World War One, 1914-1918, in Egypt, India, Salonika and France; service on North West Frontier, India, 1915; commissioned into the 7 Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), 1915; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, 1916, and the RAF, 1918; served with 17 Sqn, Royal Flying Corps (later 150 Sqn, RAF), 1917-1918; awarded MC, 1918; posted to 29 Sqn, 1918; Commanding Officer, 29 Sqn, 1918-1919; service with 70 Sqn, 1919; Flying Instructor, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire, 1920-1921; Adjutant, 6 Sqn, Iraq and Kurdistan, 1921-1923; 14 Sqn, Palestine and Transjordan, 1923-1924; service with 25 Sqn, UK, 1925-1926; graduated fromRAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire, 1927; Aide de Camp to MRAF Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1927-1928; Sqn Ldr, 1930; Flight Commander and Flying Instructor, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell, 1928-1930; served in Air Staff Plans, Air Ministry, 1930-1934; Commanding Officer, 47 (Bomber) Sqn, Khartoum, Sudan, 1934-1935; Command of RAF detachment, Kenya, 1935-1936; Wg Cdr, 1936; Maintenance Planning, Air Ministry, 1936-1938; service in the Deputy Directorate of Equipment, Air Ministry, 1938-1940; served World War Two, 1939-1945; Air Cdre, 1940; Senior Air Staff Officer, 11 Group, Fighter Command, 1940-1941; Director of Overseas Operations,Air Ministry, 1942-1943; Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters 3 Tactical Air Force, South East Asia, 1943-1944; awarded CBE, 1945; Chief Air Staff Officer to V Adm Lord Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, Supreme Commander South East Asia Command, 1945-1946; awarded CIE, 1946; Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters RAF Transport Command, 1946-1948; AVM, 1947; Head of Service Advisers to UK Delegation and Chairman, UK Members of Military Staff Committee, United Nations Organisation, 1948-1951; AM, 1951; Chief of Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force, 1951-1954; created KBE, 1954; retired 1954; died 1992.Publications: Survivor's story (Hutchinson, London, 1956).