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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Charles John b: 15 Mar 1900 r: 6 Jun 1953 d: 21 Oct 1963
DSO - 29 Mar 1945, MiD - 6 Aug 1918.
(Can Army): Pte: xx xxx xxxx, 2 Cpl: xx xxx xxxx.
(Army): 2 Lt (RE): 17 Jul 1919, 2 Lt (PWO): 16 Aug 1922 [17 Jul 1919], Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Capt: 5 Feb 1930, Maj: 1 Aug 1938, Act Lt Col: 3 Jul 1940, (T) Lt Col: 3 Oct 1940, Act Col: 7 Nov 1944, Lt Col (WS): 7 May 1945, (T) Col: 7 May 1945, Lt Col: 14 Oct 1946,
(RAF): Gp Capt: 1 Jun 1948, Act A/Cdre: 21 Sep 1948, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1951
xx xxx xxxx: Soldier, Canadian Army attached to Royal Engineers
xx xxx xxxx: Gentleman Cadet, Royal Military Academy
17 Jul 1919: Appointed to a Commission in the Royal Engineers
16 Aug 1922: Transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own)
16 Aug 1922: Officer, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Ireland and Germany)
23 May 1925: Adjutant, West Yorkshire Regiment
23 May 1928: Relinquished the post of Adjutant
xx xxx 1928: Instructor, Regimental Depot
xx xxx 1930: Officer, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Jamaica, Egypt and India)
xx xxx 1935: Staff Captain, HQ Sind Infantry Brigade Area, Karachi
19 Mar 1937: Instructor (Class EE), Netheravon Wing, Small Arms School
xx Jul 1940: Officer Commanding, 2/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment
xx Jul 1941: Officer Commanding, 46th Reconnaissance Regiment.
xx xxx 1941: Chief Instructor?, Small Arms School
xx Aug 1942: Adviser on the Reconnaissance Corps, GHQ Home Forces
xx xxx xxxx: ?
xx Jan 1944: Officer Commanding, 1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment
xx Mar 1944: Officer Commanding, 49th Reconnaissance Regiment, 49th Division
xx Oct 1944: Commandant, Reconnaissance Training Centre
xx xxx 1945: Officer Commanding, RAF Levies, Iraq
1 Jun 1948: Relinquished his Commission in the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own)
1 Jun 1948: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the RAF Regiment in the rank of Group Captain
21 Sep 1948: Senior Regiment Officer, HQ British Air Forces of Occupation
1 May 1951: Command Regiment Officer, HQ Middle East Air Force
On retiring from the RAF Regiment he was appointed Deputy Commandant at the Civil Defence College, Sunningdale.
This page was last updated on 29/08/19
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