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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Bertram Charles
b: 1 Aug
1877
r: 28 Apr 1913
d:
CMG
- 1 Jan 1919.
(Army): - 2 Lt: 22 Nov 1898 [4 Aug 1897], Lt: 4 Nov 1899, Capt: 4 Aug 1906, (T) Maj: 22 Aug 1916, (B) Maj: 1 Jan 1917, (T) Lt Col: 9 Aug 1917.
(RAF):
- Col
[T Lt Col]: 1 Apr 1918,
(T) Brig-Gen:
5 Jun 1918,
Hon Brig-Gen:
19 Mar 1919,
xx xxx xxxx: Attended RMC Sandhurst.
4 Aug 1897: Appointed to a Commission on the Unattached List with a view to joining the Indian Staff Corps.
22 Nov 1898: Appointed to a Commission with the Indian Staff Corps in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant [to rank from 4 Aug 1897]
22 Nov 1898: Officer, 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)
5 May 1915: Officer, Administrative Wing RFC.
17 May 1915: Adjutant, Administrative Wing RFC.
31 Aug 1915: Embarked to France
1 Sep 1915: Wing Adjutant, 3rd Wing RFC
18 Dec 1915: Brigade-Major, HQ 5th Brigade.
xx Mar 1915: GSO 2nd Grade, Directorate of Air Organisation , War Office
3 Apr 1916: Private Air Secretary to Lord Curzon, Chairman of the Air Board
28 Feb 1917: GSO 2nd Grade, HQ Training Brigade
9 Aug 1917: Appointed Staff Officer 1st Class (graded as an Assistant Adjutant-General)
9 Aug 1917: GSO 1st Class, HQ Northern Training Brigade
1 Apr 1918: Colonel i/c Administration, No 5 Area
8 May 1918: Colonel i/c Administration, HQ North-Western Area.
5
Jun 1918:
Brigadier-General (Administration), HQ North-Western Area.
1 Oct 1918: Director of Air Personal Services
19 Nov 1918: Posted to HQ RAF in the Field
25 Nov 1918: Brigadier-General (Personnel), HQ RAF in the Field
21 Jan 1919: Returned to Home Establishment (Leave)
19 Mar 1919: Transferred to Unemployed List
This page was last updated on 12/04/25©
P R M Fellowes 
