Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Department of the Air Member for Personnel - Personnel 1960
| ACM | Sir Arthur W B McDonald | Air Member for Personnel, KCB, AFC, MA, FRAeS | 1 Oct 1959 |
| Mr | J F Mayne | Private Secretary | |
| Mr | E C Haywood | Executive Officer | |
| Directorate-General of Personal Services | |||
| AVM | Robert W L Glenn | Director-General, CBE | 3 Feb 1958 |
| Mr | A H Turney | Personal Assistant | |
| Chaplaincy Services | |||
| The Venerable F W Cocks | Chaplain-in-Chief, CB, QHC, MA | 19 Mar 1959 | |
| Rev | A W Hopkins | Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief, QHC, BA | 8 Mar 1957 |
| Rt Rev Mgr | P J O'Connell | Principal Chaplain, CBE, STL | 15 Jun 1950 |
| Mr | C J F Gilmore | Special Appointment, MA | |
| Rev | R A Lindley | Staff Chaplain to Chaplain-in-Chief | |
| Directorate of Personal Services (A) | |||
| A/Cdre | Director, CB, DSO, DFC, AFRAeS | 9 Jun 1959 | |
| Gp Capt |
R Webster |
Deputy Director, | 17 Apr 1959 |
| Gp Capt | Vacant | ||
| Wg Cdr | A S Cade | 31 Oct 1957 | |
| Wg Cdr | F W Dowling | OBE | 25 May 1957 |
| Wg Cdr | H King | 14 Jul 1958 | |
| Wg Cdr | A F Merritt | 9 Nov 1953 | |
| Wg Cdr | H E Walmsley | DFC* | 24 Mar 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | J E Fuller | 17 Mar 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | E E Goldie | 1 Dec 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | H J Heal | DFC* | 11 Nov 1957 |
| Sqn Ldr | E J McDonald | OBE | 27 Apr 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | T L Noon | 6 Jan 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | R Parsons | MBE | 19 May 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | E T Walter | 20 Oct 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | S Willcocks | 1 Jul 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | E F Lapham | 20 Jul 1959 | |
| Flt Lt | E M Jackson | 12 Oct 1955 | |
| Mr | J E Cook | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Mr | L H Price | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Mr | W A Connelley | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | T S C Smith | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H F Andrews | Executive Officer | |
| A/Cdre (Ret) | Hugh L Maxwell | Special Appointment, CBE, DSO | |
| Sqn Ldr (Ret) | H P Williams | Special Appointment, MBE, DFC | |
| Directorate of Personal Services (B) | |||
| A/Cdre | Ernest L G Le Dieu | Director, CBE | 19 Aug 1957 |
| Gp Capt | N Adams | Deputy Director, ACA | 1 Feb 1957 |
| Gp Capt |
Vacant |
Deputy Director | |
| Gp Capt | Deputy Director, CBE, AACCA; later AVM | 22 Jun 1960 | |
| Wg Cdr | R J K Baker | MBE | 1 Jul 1956 |
| Wg Cdr | J R Pullan | OBE, ACA | 2 Feb 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | C H Wiggins | FCCS | 18 Aug 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | P A Bellerby | 1 Jan 1960 | |
| Sqn Ldr | A A Goddard | 1 Apr 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | P R Grey | FCA | 9 Jun 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | J E Janes | 11 Mar 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | R M Jolly | 15 Jun 1953 | |
| Sqn Ldr | R S Mason | 5 Jan 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | K J Newman | DFC | 13 Jan 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | R F W Turner | DFC | 13 May 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | A Webster | DSO, DFC* | 28 Oct 1957 |
| Sqn Off | C Durrant | MBE, WRAF | 30 Sep 1953 |
| Flt Lt | F W A Hendry | DFC | 12 May 1954 |
| Flt Lt | A P Verrinder | MBE | 1 Jul 1959 |
| Flt Lt | J F Williams | 11 Nov 1957 | |
| Mr | A D Cooper | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G M Franklin | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | P Knowlson | Information Officer | |
| Directorate of Personal Services (Provost Marshal) | |||
| A/Cdre | Director, CBE | 24 Sep 1956 | |
| Gp Capt | L G Brown | Deputy Director | 14 Dec 1956 |
| Wg Cdr | J R C Proudlock | Assistant Director | 4 Jan 1958 |
| Wg Cdr | J R Coulson | 6 Jun 1957 | |
| Wg Cdr | L W C Lewis | 6 Apr 1956 | |
| Sqn Ldr | R W Bracken | MBE | 12 Aug 1957 |
| Sqn Ldr | A G Bullen | MBE | 30 Jan 1956 |
| Sqn Off | O G Cook | WRAF | 13 Feb 1956 |
| Flt Lt | G G McClelland | 23 Aug 1958 | |
| Mr | C J H Calcutt | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H P Orviss | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J B Osborn | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H P C Welch | Executive Officer | |
| Directorate of Women's Royal Air Force | |||
| Air Cmdt | Dame Henrietta Barnett | Director, DBE, ADC, WRAF | 10 Aug 1956 |
| Flt Off | M K Macrae | Personal Staff Officer, WRAF | 17 Nov 1958 |
| Gp Capt | L H Turner | Deputy Director, WRAF | 24 Feb 1957 |
| Wg Off | B B Parker | WRAF | 20 Oct 1958 |
| Wg Off | F R Pentland | WRAF | 2 Nov 1959 |
| Sqn Off | M A Allen-Jones | WRAF | 30 Dec 1957 |
| Sqn Off | K M Bright | MBE, WRAF | 26 Jul 1959 |
| Flt Off | N R Fernihough | WRAF | 6 Apr 1959 |
| Inspector of Physical Fitness | |||
| Gp Capt | J R W Blyth | AFC, BSc, DPhysEd | 21 Jul 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | Vacant | ||
| Flt Lt | N D Johnstone | BA, DPhysEd | 11 Mar 1958 |
| Director of RAF Sport and Inspector of Recreational Grounds | |||
| Wg Cdr (Ret) | J Lawson | Director, CBE | |
| Directorate-General of Manning | |||
| AVM | Director-General, CB | 8 Feb 1958 | |
| Mr | P P Howes | Personal Assistant | |
| A/Cdre | Arthur D Messenger | Director, CBE | 3 Feb 1958 |
| Mr | G A Roberts | Director, CBE, BA | |
| Gp Capt | K W Niblett | DFC | 11 Feb 1958 |
| Gp Capt |
J N Ogle |
Deputy Director, AFC, AFM | 2 Dec1957 |
| Gp Capt |
T P F Trudgian |
OBE, FCA | 1 Apr 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | Donald L Attlee | later AVM | 26 Oct 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | E R Dutt | AFC | 27 Jan 1958 |
| Wg Cdr |
J Eames |
OBE, AACCA | 28 Aug 1958 |
| Wg Cdr | J F Hatton | 22 May 1957 | |
| Wg Cdr | B Morgan | MBE | 2 Mar 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | C G Reeve | MBE | 11 Jan 1960 |
| Wg Cdr | N Welch | OBE | 21 Mar 1955 |
| Sqn Ldr | P V Ayerst | DFC | 1 Jul 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | P O'D Burgess | 29 Dec 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | C F S Churcher | 25 Nov 1957 | |
| Sqn Ldr | C P Francis | 31 Mar 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | F W Hillman | 5 Dec 1955 | |
| Sqn Ldr | |||
| Sqn Ldr | D G Maddocks | DFC | 13 Mar 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | E R E Morley | 16 Oct 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | J R Robinson | AFC | 30 Dec 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | A B Smith | MBE | 9 Mar 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | I R Walkington | BA | 25 Jan 1960 |
| Sqn Ldr | F W A Westcott | 29 Dec 1958 | |
| Sqn Off | M R Green | WRAF | 31 Aug 1959 |
| Sqn Off | H Winton | WRAF | 1 Apr 1957 |
| Flt Lt | R S Bingham | 2 Jan 1959 | |
| Flt Lt | R W Gellard | DFM | 2 Jun 1958 |
| Flt Lt | E V Mellor | 6 Jan 1958 | |
| Flt Lt | D Sawden | 10 Oct 1957 | |
| Mr | H Frost | Chief Executive Officer, OBE | |
| Mr | E G Marchant | Chief Executive Officer, OBE | |
| Miss | E M M Woodhams | Higher Executive Officer, MBE | |
| Mr | W Green | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H A Laming | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Miss | J R Eke | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | A J Street | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R D B Gibson | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | D J Wise | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | M E Butlin | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | L C Harwood | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | M H Dee | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R W Miller | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | P C Watford | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | P K Sim | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G W Coles | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | V J Hyde | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | H M Andrews | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | D Tapp | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H L F Mitchell | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R E R Dickerson | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | A G Waring | Executive Officer | |
| Wg Cdr (Ret) | R J Kelsey | Special Appointment | |
| Mr | G H McDonough | Higher Statistics Officer | |
| Mr | M J Full | Statistics Officer | |
| Mr | R J Summerfield | Statistics Officer | |
|
Directorate-General of RAF Medical Services |
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| AM | Sir Patrick B Lee Potter | Director-General, KBE, QHS, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM&H, | 1 Feb 1957 |
| AVM | G A M Knight | Deputy Director-General, CB, CBE, QHS, MB, BS, DLO | 14 Mar 1956 |
| A/Cdre | A Muir | Director of Hygiene and Research, MA, BSc, MB, ChB, MRCP (Edin), DTM&H | 20 Jun 1959 |
| AVM | R Scoggins | Director of Dental Services, CBE, QHDS, LDSRCS, | 18 Feb 1958 |
| A/Cdre |
H Keggin |
Deputy Director of Dental Services, QHDS, LDS | 16 Feb 1959 |
| Gp Capt |
P A Wilkinson |
Deputy Director of Medical Personnel and Training, MRCS, LRCP | 12 Dec 1956 |
| A/Cdre |
G R Gunn |
Deputy Director Medical Organisation and Supply, OBE, MB, ChB, DPH | 1 Jan 1961 |
| Gp Capt |
J H Lewis |
Deputy Director of Aviation Medicine, MA, LMSSA, DPH | 1 Dec 1958 |
| Gp Capt | F V Maclaine | MB, BCh, DPH | 1 Jan 1958 |
| Gp Capt | R J A Morris | MB, ChB, DPH | 1 Jul 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | AFC*, GM, MA, MD, ChB, MRCS, LRCP; later AM | 1 Jan 1960 | |
| Wg Cdr | D S Grant | MRCS, LRCP | 20 Jan 1958 |
| Wg Cdr | D Stevenson | MBE, MD, ChB, DPH | 31 Mar 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | M W L White | MRCS, LRCP | 14 Jul 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | D W Atkinson | MB, ChB | 1 Sep 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | T C L Brown | GM, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DPH, DIH | 22 Jul 1957 |
| Sqn Ldr | T Edwards | ||
| Sqn Ldr | R E Woolley | GM, MRCS, LRCP | 14 Jul 1958 |
| Flt Lt | J A Grant | 1 Sep 1956 | |
| Mr | J Hardwick | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Miss | I M Marshall | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Miss | M H King | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | E M Payne | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G Tudge | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | W A B Milligan | Higher Statistics Officer, DPA, AMIIA, FSS | |
| Mr | E A Doggett | Statistics Officer | |
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Nursing Service Branch |
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| Air Cmdt | A Lowrey | Matron-in-Chief, RRC, QHNS | 1 Sep 1959 |
| Miss | M J Watt | Executive Officer | |
| Directorate of Educational Services | |||
| AVM | A C Kermode | Director, CBE, MA, FRAeS | 28 Nov 1955 |
| Gp Capt |
L F Stanley |
Deputy Director, MSc, ARCS, DIC | 20 Apr 1959 |
| Gp Capt |
P H Wood |
Deputy Director, BSc, AInstP | 22 Sep 1958 |
| Wg Cdr | C H Sleightholme | Assistant Director, BSc | 10 Dec 1956 |
| Wg Cdr |
R S C Cater |
MA, AFRAeS | 7 Oct 1957 |
| Wg Cdr | E B Haslam | BA | 1 Jan 1960 |
| Wg Cdr | A J Harvey | BSc | 17 Jun 1957 |
| Wg Cdr | A Ruda | BSc, AKC, AMIME | 23 Jul 1956 |
| Sqn Ldr | G W A Airey | BSc | 6 Apr 1960 |
| Sqn Ldr | F W Ellis | BSc | 2 Feb 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | D R Fayle | MC, BSc | 6 Jul 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | A C Kerr | MA, BD | 26 Jan 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | A S Kirkwood | MA | 18 Jun 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | L R Moon | BA, BSc | 9 Mar 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | B C Morley | BA | 28 Jul 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | E F Oldland | BSc | 30 Jul 1956 |
| Sqn Ldr | R Russell-Smith | BA | 1 Dec 1958 |
| Flt Lt | R M Hartley | 28 May 1958 | |
| Flt Lt | H A Probert | MBE, MA | 4 Jun 1957 |
| Flt Off | W J Baker | BA, WRAF | 24 Mar 1958 |
| Miss | W S Wootton | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | M J Farley | Executive Officer | |
| Miss | R D Michael | Executive Officer | |
| Directorate of Legal Services | |||
| A/Cdre | M W Palmer | Director, LLM | 4 Mar 1957 |
| Gp Capt |
J E Allen-Jones |
Deputy Director, OBE, MA | 31 Aug 1959 |
| Wg Cdr |
E E W Lloyd Jones |
29 Jun 1959 | |
| Wg Cdr | R F W Patteson | 10 Nov 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | R E Beesley | 3 Mar 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | F G Budd | 26 Jan 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | M Sawyer | 7 Apr 1959 | |
| Sqn Off | J Mackay | MBE | 1 Oct 1950 |
| Flt Lt | G N Forman | 7 Jan 1959 | |
| Flt Lt | E Gillett | 1 Oct 1950 | |
| Flt Lt | F Pearson | TD | 15 Jan 1956 |
| Sqn Ldr (Ret) | M H James | Special Appointment | |
| Directorate of Auxiliaries, Reserves and Air Cadets | |||
| AVM (Ret) | Walter J Seward | Director, CB, CBE | 9 Aug 1954 |
| Sqn Ldr | H D Costam | 2 Mar 1959 | |
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Air Secretary |
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| AM | Sir Theodore N McEvoy | Air Secretary, KCB, CBE, ADC | 1 May 1959 |
| Mr | M J Budds | Private Secretary | |
| AVM | Patrick H Dunn | Deputy Air Secretary, CB, CBE, DFC; later AM | 21 Jul 1958 |
| Miss | J M Paterson | Personal Assistant | |
| A/Cdre | Director, CBE, ADC, FCA | 18 Dec 1957 | |
| A/Cdre | Director, AFC | 1 Feb 1959 | |
| A/Cdre | Deputy Director, AFC | 4 Mar 1960 | |
| Gp Capt |
C A Ball |
Deputy Director, | 15 Sep 1958 |
| Gp Capt | Deputy Director, OBE, FCA; later A/Cdre | 3 Nov 1958 | |
| Gp Capt | H E Hopkins | Deputy Director, CBE, DFC, AFC | 2 Jun 1958 |
| Gp Capt |
E F Wain |
Deputy Director, OBE | 25 May 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | DSO, DFC**, AFC; later AM | 1 Jul 1960 | |
| Wg Cdr | L H G Coles | DFC | 16 Jun 1958 |
| Wg Cdr | A G Conway | DFC | 16 Feb 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | J M Daniel | DFC | 6 Jan 1958 |
| Wg Cdr | D H Keary | DFC | 4 May 1959 |
| Wg Cdr | |||
| Wg Cdr | C N McLoughlin | 4 Jan 1956 | |
| Wg Cdr | C J Myers | 30 Jan 1957 | |
| Wg Cdr | T Phillips | 23 Jun 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | John C Atkinson | later A/Cdre | 28 Mar 1960 |
| Sqn Ldr | J Bradley | MM | 19 Aug 1957 |
| Sqn Ldr | H J Bromwich | 30 Dec 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | A E F Buick | 30 Dec 1957 | |
| Sqn Ldr | P D O Coryton | 28 Jul 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | G Cubby | MBE | 9 Mar 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | R E Daysh | 15 Dec 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | W G Didcote | 17 Mar 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | C P Donovan | 19 Jan 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | L W Fletcher | 10 Mar 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | N Fletcher | 29 Dec 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | D S Flower | MBE | 24 Aug 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | G M Hermitage | 4 Jan 1960 | |
| Sqn Ldr | F G Ireland | MBE | 31 Mar 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | P M Marsh | 22 Sep 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | G E Moss | 1 Jul 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | J A Nicholas | 12 Oct 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | S L Page | BSc | 4 Jan 1960 |
| Sqn Ldr | N G Payne | DFC | 29 Jul 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | A Platts | 29 Apr 1957 | |
| Sqn Ldr | L A Popham | OBE | 6 Jul 1959 |
| Sqn Ldr | A P Presnail | 13 Jul 1959 | |
| Sqn Ldr | F R Pusey | MBE | 20 Jan 1960 |
| Sqn Ldr | E H Rawls | 17 Dec 1956 | |
| Sqn Ldr | J Scrimgeour | BEM | 24 Mar 1958 |
| Sqn Ldr | A J Turner | 1 Apr 1957 | |
| Sqn Ldr | J W Valentine | 18 Nov 1957 | |
| Sqn Ldr | S Walker | 27 Oct 1958 | |
| Sqn Ldr | A J Whitlock | 29 Apr 1957 | |
| Sqn Ldr |
Frederick B Yetman |
BA; later A/Cdre | 2 Apr 1959 |
| Sqn Off | M Tudor | MBE, WRAF | 10 Oct 1953 |
| Flt Lt | R E Bertram | 19 Aug 1958 | |
| Flt Lt | P E Raymond | 27 Jul 1959 | |
| Flt Lt | C C Taylor | 21 Jan 1958 | |
| Mr | T F White | Senior Executive Officer, MBE | |
| Mr | R W Hunt | Higher Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G A Moles | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | S M Vaughan | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | W E Llewellyn | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J F Taft | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J R Sheldrick | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | S C Ransome | Executive Officer | |
| Mrs | D Coote | Executive Officer | |
| Mr | W D Fraser | Executive Officer | |
Source - January 1960 Air Force List
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