Supply Depot-Iraq

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Supply Depot, Iraq/Supply Depot, Mosul/Supplies Depot, Iraq

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Formation and disbandment dates have not yet been found for this unit

January 1925

Source - January 1925 Air Force List

February 1925

Source - February 1925 Air Force List

March 1925

Source - March 1925 Air Force List

April 1925

Source - April 1925 Air Force List

May 1925

Source - May 1925 Air Force List

June 1925

Source - June 1925 Air Force List

July 1925

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Capt	Harry R Hamilton-Cox	6 Mar 1923	Indian Army - attached

Source - Air Force List July 1925

March 1926

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Reginald V Robinson	25 Aug 1925	OBE

Source - March 1926 Air Force List

July 1926

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Reginald V Robinson	25 Aug 1925	OBE

Source - Air Force List July 1926

By December 1926, it was redesignated Supply Depot, Mosul.

December 1926

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Reginald V Robinson	25 Aug 1925	OBE
Flt Lt	Alexander Davidson	11 Mar 1926	MC

Source - December 1926 Air Force List

It appears to have disbanded prior to July 1927 but was reformed between July 1932 and July 1933 as the Supplies Depot.

July 1933

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Warrant Officers - 2nd Class
WO II	Donald Stacey	31 Jan 1933

Source - Air Force List July 1933

January 1934

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Warrant Officers - 2nd Class
WO II	Donald Stacey	31 Jan 1933

Source - January 1934 Air Force List

July 1934

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Warrant Officers
WO	Douglas J Hancock	22 May 1934
Warrant Officers - 2nd Class
WO II	Donald Stacey	31 Jan 1933

Source - Air Force List July 1934

July 1935

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Warrant Officers
WO	William Harraway	8 Nov 1934

Source - Air Force List July 1935

July 1936

Location	Command/Group
Mosul, Iraq	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
No personnel listed

Source - Air Force List July 1936

July 1937

Source - Air Force List July 1937

July 1938

Location	Command/Group
Habbaniya	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Equipment Branch
Act Flt Lt	R C V Ash	23 May 1936
Supplies Officers
Sqn Ldr	A Davidson		MC, RAFO
Flt Lt (Ret)	C O Towler
Warrant Officer
WO	C H Allen	28 Oct 1937

Source - Air Force List July 1938

January 1939

Location	Command/Group
Habbaniya	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Equipment Branch
Sqn Ldr	P H Burt	28 Dec 1937
Act Flt Lt	R C V Ash	23 May 1936
Supplies Officers
Sqn Ldr	A Davidson		MC, RAFO
Warrant Officer
WO	C H Allen	28 Oct 1937

Source - Air Force List January 1939

April 1939

Location	Command/Group
Habbaniya	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Equipment Branch
Sqn Ldr	P H Burt	28 Dec 1937
Act Flt Lt	R C V Ash	23 May 1936
Supplies Officers
Sqn Ldr	A Davidson		MC, RAFO
Warrant Officer
WO	W H Dean	21 Jan 1939

Source - Confidential Air Force List April 1939

May 1939

Location	Command/Group
Habbaniya	Iraq Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Equipment Branch
Sqn Ldr	P H Burt	28 Dec 1937
Act Flt Lt	R C V Ash	23 May 1936
Supplies Officers
Sqn Ldr	A Davidson		MC, RAFO
Warrant Officer
WO	W H Dean	21 Jan 1939

Source - Confidential Air Force List May 1939

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