Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

  Brigadier-General G Livingston

Guy                                  b: 17 Jul 1881                       r: 14 Feb 1919                       d: 10 May 1950

CMG - 4 Jun 1917, Cwn Cdr - 8 Nov 1918, SS2 - xx xxx xxxx, MID - 24 Feb 1917, MID - 27 Jul 1917.

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(Army): - 2 Lt:   10 Mar 1909, Lt: 11 Jul 1910, Capt: 24 Jan 1911, Maj: 17 Mar 1917 [1 Jun 1916], (T) Lt Col: 6 Jul 1916, (T) Brig-Gen: 9 Aug 1917, (B) Lt Col: 1 Jan 1918.

(RAF): - Act Brig-Gen [Lt-Col]: 1 Apr 1918, (H) Brig-Gen: 14 Feb 1919

xx xxx xxxx:            Soldier, Imperial Yeomanry

10 Mar 1909:            Officer, 3rd (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 

10 May 1915:            Officer i/c Recruiting, South Farnborough

16 Jul 1915:               Wing Adjutant, Reserve Aircraft Park

18 Apr 1916:             Brigade Major, HQ 6th Brigade

 6 Jul 1916:                Staff Officer 1st Class, HQ 6th Brigade (graded as Assistant Adjutant-General)

 9 Aug 1917:             Brigadier-General Commanding 6th Brigade

18 Oct 1917:             HQ Training Division RFC

18 Oct 1917:             Director of Air Organisation, HQ Training Division RFC

 1 Apr 1918:              Deputy Master-General of Personnel

xx Apr 1918:             Air Secretary to the Secretary of State

14 Feb 1919:             Transferred to Unemployed List

He served in the ranks during operations in Cape Colony.  At some point before WW1 he had been the General-Manager of Grahame White Aviation Co Ltd.

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