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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Cecil
Henry
b: 1 Feb 1878
r:
1 Mar 1919
d: 10 Sep 1934
CMG
- 1 Jan 1918, CBE - 1 Jan
1919, MID:
(Army):
- 2 Lt: 10 Apr 1916,
(T) Lt Col: 21 Mar 1917,
Lt:
10
Apr 1917, Capt: 20 Apr 1917, Capt:
20 Apr 1917,
(T)
Col:
31 Aug 1917, Maj: 1 Sep 1917.
(RAF): - (T) Brig-Gen [Lt Col]: 18 Feb 1918.
10 Apr 1916: Officer, RFC Special Reserve
11 Apr 1916: Appointed Equipment Officer 3rd Class, RFC, Aircraft Park, Southern Aircraft Depot, Farnborough.
27 May 1916: Staff Lieutenant, Aircraft Park, Southern Aircraft Depot, Farnborough
3 Jun 1916: Staff Lieutenant - Aircraft Equipment 2
23 Jun 1916: Staff Lieutenant - Aircraft Equipment 2A
14 Dec 1916: Equipment Officer 1st Class, Aircraft Equipment 2A.
14 Dec 1916: Deputy Assistant Director of Aircraft Equipment
21 Mar 1917: Head of E1 (Assistant Director of Aircraft Equipment), Directorate of Aircraft Equipment
31 Aug 1917: Deputy Director of Aircraft Equipment
18
Feb 1918:
Director
of Aircraft Equipment.
Qualifying as a Solicitor in 1901, he joined the firm
of Mather and Platt Ltd., (Engineers in London and Manchester), and by the
outbreak of war was the Administrative Director, remaining as
such until 1925. He was
commissioned into the RFC in 1915 (as an Equipment Officer).
He later held positions with a number of firms, Independent Sprinklers
Ltd (Chairman), Projectile and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Director) and Pulseometer
Engineering Co Ltd (Director).
This entry was last updated on 14/04/25©
J R Whitley
