Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
RAF Iraq Personnel, units and locations
Formed on 13 Oct 1921 by raising Mesopotamian Group to Command Status.
Location | Command | Controlled |
Baghdad City | RAF Middle East |
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Gp Capt | Amyas E Borton | 13 Oct 1921 | Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, DSO, AFC; later AVM |
Wg Cdr | William F MacNeece | 13 Oct 1921 | DSO, DFC; later AVM W F Foster |
Sqn Ldr | Lionel T N Gould | 25 Jan 921 | MC |
Sqn Ldr | Charles G Tucker | 22 Dec 1920 | |
Sqn Ldr | Richard H Peck | 22 Nov 1921 | OBE; later AM |
Flt Lt | Reginald E Nicholl | 2 Feb 1922 | Air Staff (Operations and Intelligence) |
Flt Lt | Robert D Oxland | 6 Jan 1921 | Technical (Meteorological) Duties; later AVM |
Flt Lt | Reginald A Courtney | 24 Feb 1922 | Technical (Wireless) Duties, MBE |
Flt Lt | Ludoun J MacLean | 1 Apr 1922 | Air Staff (Intelligence), MC |
Flt Lt | Ernest Drudge | 4 Feb 1922 | Technical Staff Duties (Photos), MBE |
Flt Lt | Henry V German | 2 Feb 1922 | Administrative Duties |
Flt Lt | Arthur H Pearce | 12 Jan 1922 | Personnel Staff Duties, DFC |
Flt Lt | Hugh Leedham | 22 Dec 1921 | Technical (Wireless) Duties; later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | James W Hosking | 13 Oct 1921 | Technical Staff Duties (Engines), MBE |
Flt Lt | Guy M Moore | 1 Apr 1922 | Air Staff (Intelligence), MC |
Act Flt Lt | Cecil C J Croydon | 16 Nov 1920 | Accountant Duties |
Fg Off | Lance H Browning | 11 Dec 1920 | Technical (Meteorological) Duties, MC, DFC |
Fg Off | Charles W Attwood | 22 Nov 1921 | Technical (Wireless) Duties |
Fg Off | Cuthbert C Bazell | 21 Jun 1922 | Technical (Wireless) Duties |
Fg Off | Robert L Hartley | 13 Oct 1921 | Technical (Wireless) Duties |
Fg Off | Graham N Coward | 13 Oct 1921 | Technical (Wireless) Duties |
Fg Off | Thomas C Tyers | 31 Jan 1922 | Technical (Wireless) Duties |
Fg Off | Herbert C F Ellis | 13 Oct 1921 | Accountant Duties |
Stores Officers | |||
Sqn Ldr | Rudall W Thomas | 13 Oct 1921 | Stores Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | Henry L Crichton | 6 Jan 1921 | Stores Duties, MBE; later AVM |
Flt Lt | Frederick Petch | 18 Nov 1920 | Stores Duties, MBE |
Flt Lt | Arthur T Cooper | 6 May 1922 | Stores Staff Duties |
Flt Lt | William A Kingston | 6 May 1922 | Stores Staff Duties |
Fg Off | Frederick M Gingold | 1 Apr 1922 | Works Services Pay Office |
Medical Branch | |||
Gp Capt | Nelson J Roche | 13 Apr 1922 | Principal Medical Officer, OBE |
Sqn Ldr | Reginald H Knowles | 13 Oct 1921 | MD, DPH |
Fg Off | Frederick W Goodread | 16 May 1922 | Quartermaster |
For Disposal | |||
Wg Cdr | Alexander D Cunningham | 19 Jan 1922 | CBE; later A/Cdre |
Sqn Ldr | Jasper W Cruickshank | 16 May 1922 | OBE |
Sqn Ldr | William C Hicks | 21 Apr 1922 | AFC |
Sqn Ldr | Harold E M Watkins | 7 Mar 1922 | AFC |
Sqn Ldr | Douglas Harries | 21 Apr 1922 | AFC; later AVM |
Sqn Ldr | 2 Nov 1921 | DFC; later AVM | |
Sqn Ldr | Kenneth C Buss | 13 Oct 1921 | later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | Henry Cockerell | 26 Nov 1921 | OBE |
Flt Lt | Denis O'Mulholland | 21 Apr 1922 | AFC |
Flt Lt |
Geoffrey H Hall |
26 Nov 1921 | AFC |
Flt Lt | Alfred W Clemson | 2 Jun 1923 | OBE, DSC |
Flt Lt | Seaward N Cole | 14 May 1922 | |
Flt Lt | Arthur T Williams | 7 Mar 1922 | |
Flt Lt | Horace G Bowen | 21 Apr 1922 | later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | John Leacroft | 7 Mar 1922 | MC |
Flt Lt | Richard T Nevill | 13 Oct 1921 | |
Flt Lt | Horace W Evens | 2 Jun 1922 | |
Flt Lt | Leslie O Brown | 26 Nov 1921 | DSC, AFC; later AVM |
Flt Lt | Frederick M Rope | 7 Mar 1922 | |
Flt Lt | Benjamin C Tooke | 2 Jun 1922 | |
Flt Lt | Henry A J Wilson | 21 Apr 1922 | OBE |
Flt Lt | Herbert B Russell | 7 Mar 1922 | AFC |
Flt Lt | Wilfred R Cox | 7 Mar 1922 | MC, AFC |
Flt Lt | George Bowen | 19 Dec 1921 | |
Flt Lt | Clement F Horsley | 7 Mar 1922 | MC |
Fg Off | Herbert V Rowley | 21 Apr 1922 | later A/Cdre |
Fg Off | Sylvester L Quine | 26 Nov 1921 | MC |
Fg Off | Henry J Soper | 2 Jun 1922 | |
Fg Off | Eyare K Blenkinsop | 19 Jan 1922 | |
Fg Off | Bernard T Hood | 19 Dec 1921 | |
Fg Off | Victor Croome | 21 Apr 1922 | |
Fg Off | Albert G Thackray | 21 Apr 1922 | |
Fg Off | John Turner | 26 Nov 1921 | DFC |
Fg Off | John T A Lochner | 21 Apr 1922 | |
Fg Off | James L Airey | 7 Mar 1922 | DFC |
Plt Off | William C Yale | 21 Apr 1922 | |
Stores Officers | |||
Sqn Ldr | Francis C Williams | 7 Mar 1922 | OBE |
Sqn Ldr | William Millett | 7 Mar 1922 | |
Flt Lt | Thomas G Skeats | 19 Jan 1922 | later A/Cdre |
Flt Lt | Francis J Cooke | 21 Apr 1922 |
Source - July 1922 Air Force List
Branches: A = Aeroplane, A & S = Aeroplane and Seaplane, Ad = Administrative, S = Seaplane, SO = Staff Officer, T = Technical.
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