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Air Vice-Marshal Sir Charles Meredith (82511)


Charles Warburton                    b: 23 Aug 1896                                                   d: 19 Apr 1977

KBE - 1 Jan 1947 (CBE - 1 Jul 1941), CB - 2 Jun 1943, AFC - 3 Jun 1919, OP(s) G-Cdr - 12 Mar 1943.

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(Army):   3AM: 6 May 1917, (T) 2 Lt: 11 Oct 1917, 2 Lt: 20 Feb 1918.

(RAF): - Lt: 1 Apr 1918.

(RAFVR): - A/Cdre: 21 Mar 1940, (T) AVM: 1 Nov 1941.

xx xxx xxxx:         South African Engineers.

6 May 1917:          Miscellaneous (Aviator), Reserve Depot, South Farnborough (84453)

 4 Jul 1917:            Cadet, No 2 Officer Cadet Wing

24 Aug 1917:         Cadet, School of Military Aeronautics, Oxford

13 Oct 1917:         Cadet, Central Flying School

20 Feb 1918:         Appointed as a Flying Officer, RFC.

20 Feb 1918:         Instructor, 'C' Sqn, Central Flying School

11 Apr 1918:         Instructor, 'A' Sqn, Central Flying School

 2 May 1918:         Instructor, 'C' Sqn, Central Flying School

 9 Sep 1918:          Instructor, South-East Area Flying Instructors' School, Gosport

26 Sep 1918:         Instructor, Central Flying School

11 May 1918:        Awaiting repatriation, RAF Flowerdown

15 May 1918:        Awaiting repatriation, RAF Upavon

10 Jul 1919:           Transferred to the Unemployed List

xx xxx xxxx:         Officer, South African Air Force

19 Sep 1927:         Attended RAF Staff College.

xx xxx xxxx:            Commandant-General of South Rhodesian Forces.

21 Mar 1940:         Granted a Commission in the RAFVR

21 Mar 1940:         AOC, Rhodesian Air Training Group.

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