Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Ministry Civil and Support Departments - Personnel 1962
| Air Council | ||
| Rank | Name | Notes |
| Rt Hon | Julian Amery | Secretary of State for Air, President of the Air Council, MP |
| Mr | W J Taylor | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, Vice President of the Air Council, CBE, DL, JP, MP |
| ACM | Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, CBE, DFC*; later MRAF | |
| AM | Sir Walter G Cheshire | Air Member for Personnel, KCB, CBE, BA |
| AM | Sir Walter H Merton | Air Member for Supply and Organisation, KCB, OBE; later ACM |
| AM | Sir Wallace H Kyle | Additional Member, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC; later ACM |
| AM | Ronald B Lees | Additional Member, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, CB, CBE, DFC* |
| Sir Maurice Dean | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, KCB, KCMG | |
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Air Ministry |
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| Rt Hon | Julian Amery | Secretary of State for Air, President of the Air Council, MP |
| Mr | J Roberts | Private Secretary |
| Mr | J C Edwards | Assistant Private Secretary |
| Sqn Ldr |
Darrell C A Lloyd |
Personal Air Secretary; later AVM |
| Mr | W J Taylor | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air, Vice President of the Air Council, CBE, DL, JP, MP |
| Mr | R G S Johnston | Private Secretary |
| Mr | S P Harrison | Assistant Private Secretary |
| Sir Maurice Dean | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, KCB, KCMG | |
| Mr | M T Flett | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | H T Smith | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
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Department of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air |
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| Sir Maurice Dean | Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, KCB, KCMG | |
| Mr | J F Mayne | Private Secretary |
| Mr | H T Smith | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | M T Flett | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
| Mr | G S Whittuck | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | J S Orme | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | B Humphrey-Davies | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | R C Kent | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | R Haynes | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
| Mr | K H S Edwards | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | S W Warren | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | H A Shaw | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | F W Verry | Assistant Secretary, CMG, OBE |
| Mr | R H Prince | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | J H Francis | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | W J B Crotch | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | T C G James | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | L T G Sully | Assistant Secretary - Director of Contracts |
| Mr | F Cooper | Assistant Secretary, CMG - Director of Accounts |
| Mr | H A Cridland | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | R F Havell | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | R J Penney | Assistant Secretary - serving in Far East |
| Mr | E F C Sandford | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | M McF Davis | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | P J Hudson | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | W E Dowling | Assistant Secretary, |
| Mr | T H Shearer | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | E Broadbent | Assistant Secretary - serving in Cyprus |
| Mr | G F W Adams | Assistant Secretary, OBE |
| Mr | G H Green | Assistant Secretary - seconded from Ministry of Defence |
| Mr | N S Forward | Assistant Secretary - seconded from Ministry of Defence |
| Mr | D C Humphreys | Assistant Secretary - seconded to Foreign Office |
| Mr | W C Curtis | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | R N Noyes | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | J A Millson | Assistant Secretary - seconded to another Government Department |
| Mr | J T Williams | Assistant Secretary - seconded from another Government Department |
| Miss | E P Kruse | Assistant Secretary |
| Mr | L M MacBride | Chief Publicity Officer, OBE |
| A/Cdre | John Barraclough | Chief Information Officer, CBE, DFC, AFC; later ACM |
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Meteorological Office (Under the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for administrative purposes) |
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| Sir Graham Sutton | Director-General, CBE, DSc, FRS | |
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Office of the Judge Advocate-General of the Forces (Joint Service for War Office and Air Ministry ) |
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| Sir Frederick Gentle | Judge Advocate-General, QC | ||
| Mr | J H W Andrews | Private Secretary | |
| Mr | O C Barnett | Vice Judge Advocate-General, CBE, QC | |
| Mr | J E M Gunning | Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE (DJAG (Army and RAF) - BAOR, RAF Germany [2nd TAF]) | |
| Mr | C M Cahn | Assistant Judge Advocate General, CBE | |
| Mr | B A C Duncan | Assistant Judge Advocate General, MBE, RAF (DJAG - Far East (Army and RAF)) | |
| Mr | B de H Pereira | Assistant Judge Advocate General, TD | |
| Mr | F H Dean | Assistant Judge Advocate General (DJAG - Middle East (Army and RAF)) | |
| Mr | O H J Bertram | Assistant Judge Advocate General, TD | |
| Mr | W St J C Tayleur | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | E H V Harrington | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | R H Browne | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | C E Depinna | Assistant Judge Advocate General | |
| Mr | A E McDonald | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | W E Stubbs | Deputy Judge Advocate, MBE | |
| Mr | J G Morgan-Owen | Deputy Judge Advocate, MBE | |
| Mr | I D Turner | Deputy Judge Advocate, TD | |
| Mr | R G Greene | Deputy Judge Advocate, MC | |
| Mr | N B Birrell | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G H L Rhodes | Deputy Judge Advocate, TD | |
| Mr | E R Mills | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | J Stuart-Smith | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | B R Allen | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G L Chapman | Deputy Judge Advocate | |
| Mr | G D Lindley | Legal Assistant | |
| Mr | T H E Tarrant | Registrar, MBE | |
Source - January 1962 Air Force List
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