Geboortedatum:

6 september 1908

Dienstnummer:

29137

Nationaliteit:

Britse (1801-heden, Koninkrijk)

Bevorderingen:
12 september 1930: Pilot Officer on probation;
12 september 1931: Pilot Officer;
12 april 1932: Flying Officer;
1 april 1936: temporary Flight Lieutenant;
1 juni 1936: Flight Lieutenant;
?: Squadron Leader;
1 maart 1941: temporary Wing Commander;
6 maart 1943: Wing Commander (war subs.);
1 januari 1944: temporary Group Captain;
?: temporary Air Commodore;
1 juli 1947: Group Captain (seniority 1 oktober 1946).

Loopbaan:
?: Westminster High School;
?: Liverpool Collegiate School;
1924: Sefton Tanning Company;
1927: Liverpool and Merseyside Flying Club;
1930: Royal Air Force;
27 september 1930: No. 5 Flying Training School;
8 september 1931: No. 1 Squadron, Tangmere;
februari 1934: Instructor's Course CFS, Upavon;
?: Staff No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand;
?: Oxford University Air Squadron;
17 december 1936: Flying Instructor No. 501 (Ulster) Special Reserve Squadron, Aldergrove;
?: Adjutant CFI;
1 januari 1939: Air Staff Bomber Command;
3 september 1939: Bomber Liaison Officer, Fighter Command Operations Room;
2 juni 1940 - 9 augustus 1940: Commanding Officer No. 253 Squadron;
?: AOC No. 14 Group;
31 augustus 1940: Commanding Officer No. 253 Squadron;
?: Commanding Officer RAF Northolt;
5 oktober 1941 - 9 september 1942: Commanding Officer RAF Manston;
13 april 1942: RAF Staff College;
9 september 1942: Planning Staff Operation Round Up;
1 oktober 1944 - 15 juli 1945: Head of Air Plans, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force;
1945 - november 1947: Senior Air Staff Officer, RAF Delegationin France;
?: Historical Section Cabinet Office;
14 november 1953: Retirement.

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Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Wing Commander (Luitenant-Kolonel-Vlieger)

Toegekend op:

1 januari 1943

LG 35841/35.

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Group Captain (Kolonel-Vlieger)

Toegekend op:

8 juni 1944

LG 36544/2582.

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Group Captain (Kolonel-Vlieger)

Toegekend op:

14 september 1948

Toestemming tot dragen verleend op 14 september 1948.
Aanvankelijk op 9 oktober 1945 foutief toestemming verleend tot het dragen van de Legion of Merit, Officer, per 14 september 1948 omgezet in Bronze Star Medal.

• - The London Gazette of 30th September 1930, Issue 33648
  - The London Gazette of 22nd September 1931, Issue 33755
  - The London Gazette of 10th May 1932, Issue 33824
  - The London Gazette of 21st April 1936, Issue 34276
  - The London Gazette of 2nd June 1936, Issue 34290
  - The London Gazette of 30th May 1941, Issue 35176
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 29th December 1942, Issue 35841, dated 1st January 1943
  - Third Supplement to The London Gazette of 14th September 1943, Issue 36175, dated 17th September 1943
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 18th January 1944, Issue 36340, dated 21st January 1944
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 2nd June 1944, Issue 36544, dated 8th June 1944
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 18th July 1947, Issue 38020, dated 22nd July 1947
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 10th September 1948, Issue 38401, dated 14th September 1948
  - Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 13th November 1953, Issue 40017, dated 17th November 1953