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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Meredith
b: 6 Jul 1892
r: 18 Apr 1946
d: 20 May 1984
CSI
- xx xxx 1946 CBE -
1 Jan
1941, DFC -
10 Oct 1922, AFC
- 3 Jun 1919, MiD - 19 Apr 1921, MiD - 28 Oct 1921.
(Army):
- 2 Dec 1915, (T)
Lt:
1 Jun 1917,
(T) Capt:
29 Sep 1917.
(RAF):
-(T) Capt [Lt]:
1 Apr 1918, Capt: xx xxx xxxx, Flt
Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn
Ldr: 1 Jan 1926, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1934, Gp
Capt: 1 Jul 1938, (T) A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1940,
Act AVM: 2 Aug 1943
- 22 Jan 1946, A/Cdre:
1 Dec 1943, AVM: Retained.
xx
xxx 1914: Soldier, The
Queen’s Westminster Rifles.
2 Dec 1915: Officer, The Welsh Regiment.
xx
Oct 1916: U/T Pilot, RFC.
5 May 1917: Embarked for France
6 May 1917: Pilot, No 41 Sqn RFC
30 Sep 1917: Flight Commander, No 41 Sqn. (FE8, DH5, SE5A – Western Front)
11 Dec 1917: Returned to Home Estblishment
xx
xxx xxxx: Instructor,
?
24 Apr 1919: Pilot,
No 43 Sqn, Germany.
24 Oct 1919: Awarded Short Service Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (Aeroplane).
xx xxx 1920: Awaiting disposal, HQ Mesopotamian Wing.
13
Feb 1920: Flight Commander, No
6 Sqn. (RE8, Bristol F2B – Mosul)
May/Jun
1921: Flight
Commander, No 30 Sqn. (DH9A – Baghdad)
5 Nov 1922: Supernumerary, RAF depot.
1
May 1923: Attended RAF Staff
College.
5
May 1924: Staff, Deputy
Directorate of Staff Duties.
1
Sep 1928:
QFI, RAF
(Cadet) College.
7 Dec 1931: Placed on half pay list, scale A
24
Dec 1931: Attended Army Staff
College, Quetta.
xx
Dec 1933: Air
Staff, HQ RAF India.
xx
xxx xxxx:
24
May 1937: Officer Commanding, No 6
Armament Training Camp/Station, Warmwell.
6
May 1938: SASO, HQ No 5
(Bomber) Group.
7
Aug 1940: Director of
Technical Training.
24
Dec 1941: SASO, HQ Flying
Training Command.
2 Aug 1943: AOC, No 23 (Training) Group.
8
Mar 1944: AOC, AHQ India.
In WW1,by the time he was returned to the home establishment
as a instructor he had achieved five confirmed victories.
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