GB 0099 KCLMA Rae - RAE, AVM Ronald Arthur Ramsay(1910-1994)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Rae Created 1994 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born in Australia in 1910; educated at Lindfield Public School and Sydney High School and Technical College; served in Australian Citizens Force and then as a cadet, Royal Australian Air Force, 1930-1931; transferred to Royal Air Force, 1932; flying duties in UK and Middle East with 33 and 142 Sqns, 1932-1936; armament officer in Far East, 1938-1942; Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, Feb 1942; POW, 1943-1945; Gp Capt in command, Central Gunnery School, 1946; RAF Staff College, 1948; Deputy Director, Organisation (Establishment), Middle East; commanded RAF North Luffenham and RAF Oakington (206 Advanced Flying School); Commandant, Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down; Deputy Air Secretary, Air Ministry, 1957-1959; Air Officer Commanding 224 Group, Singapore, 1960; retired, 1962; died in 1994.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1995.

Memorial addresses and obituaries, 1994, including details of his service as Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1942, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by the Japanese, 1943-1945.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/top.htm

The Imperial War Museum holds a collection of Rae's papers and a taped interview.

Decorations: CB, OBE
Feb 1997 Armed forces International conflicts International relations Japanese Army Military organizations Organizations RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force Singapore South East Asia State security Tengah War War prisoners War victims World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1995.

Memorial addresses and obituaries, 1994, including details of his service as Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1942, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by the Japanese, 1943-1945.

1 file

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English

The Imperial War Museum holds a collection of Rae's papers and a taped interview.

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/top.htm

Decorations: CB, OBE

Decorations: CB, OBE

• English