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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Defence Council, Defence Staff, Defence Scientific Staff, Defence Secretariat - Personnel 1968
| Defence Council | ||
| Rank | Name | Notes |
| The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | Chairman of the Defence Council, Secretary of State for Defence, MBE, MP |
| Mr | Gerald William Reynolds | Minister of Defence for Administration, MP |
| Mr | Roy Mason | Minister of Defence for Equipment, MP |
| Mr | Maurice Foley | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy, MP |
| Mr | James Boyden | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army, MP |
| Mr | Merlyn Rees | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the RAF, MP |
| MRAF | Sir Charles Elworthy | Chief of the Defence Staff, GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA |
| Adm | Sir Varyl C Begg | Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord, GCB, DSO, DSC |
| Gen | Sir James Cassels | Chief of the General Staff, GCB, KBE, DSO |
| ACM | Sir John Grandy | Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, KBE, DSO; later MRAF |
| Sir James Dunnett | Permanent Under-Secretary of State, KCB, CMG | |
| Sir William Cook | Chief Adviser Projects | |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |||
| The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | MBE, MP | |
| Mr | E Broadbent | Private Secretary | |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | |||
| MRAF | Sir Charles Elworthy | GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA | |
| Cdr | P C Cranfield | Military Assistant | 29 Jan 1968 |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State | |||
| Sir James Dunnett | KCB, CMG | ||
| Mr | J B Bourn | Private Secretary | |
| Defence Services Secretary | |||
| AVM | Alan H C Boxer | CB, DSO, DFC | |
| Central Defence Staff | |||
| MRAF | Sir Charles Elworthy | Chief of the Defence Staff; GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA | |
| V-Adm | J L T Hogg | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, CB, DSC, RN | |
| Gen | Sir Charles Harington | Chief Adviser Staff (Personnel and Logistics), KCB, CBE, DSO, MC | |
| AVM | Ian D N Lawson | Assistant Chief Adviser (Personnel and Logistics); CB, CBE, DFC* | |
| R-Adm | O H M St J Steiner | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (General), CB | |
| Maj-Gen | J H Gibbon | Director, Defence Operations Staff and Secretary Chiefs of Staff Committee, OBE | |
| AVM | Henry N G Wheeler | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements); CB, CBE, DSO, DFC*, AFC; later ACM | |
| AVM (Ret) | Sir Edgar N Lowe | Director-General of Supply Co-ordination; KBE, CB | |
| Mr | R F Brown | Head of Defence Sales, OBE | |
| Maj-Gen | E M Hall | Military Deputy to Head of Defence Sales, MBE, BA | |
| Brig | N St G Cribbon | OBE | |
| Brig | F H M Rushmore | CBE, BA | |
| Brig | A E Younger | DSO, OBE | |
| Brig | D W Fraser | OBE | |
| Act Brig | A C Lewis | ||
| A/Cdre | Angus A N Nicholson | CBE | |
| A/Cdre | Neil Cameron | CBE, DSO, DFC; later MRAF | |
| Cdre | C C H Dunlop | CBE, RN | |
| Capt | P D Tatton-Brown | RN | |
| Capt | E F Queritz | OBE, DSC, RN | |
| Capt | R N Head | RN | |
| Capt | P White | CBE, RN | |
| Capt | C R P C Branson | RN | |
| Capt | C B Featherstone-Dilk | RN | |
| Capt | O N A Cecil | RN | |
| Col | M S Bayley | MBE | |
| Col | R R Crooks | ||
| Col | H G Kemball | OBE, MC | |
| Col | W P Lumn-Rockcliffe | DSO, MC | |
| Col | B J Palmer | MBE | |
| Gp Capt | J M Ayshford | DFC | |
| Gp Capt | John Gingell | MBE; later ACM | |
| Gp Capt | M H E Dawson | DFC*, DFM | |
| Gp Capt | W Kent | AFC | |
| Gp Capt | W Smith | OBE | |
| Gp Capt | Ian S Stockwell, | CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre | |
| Gp Capt | F C Padfield | BSc, AFRAeS, MIEE | |
| Mr | H E Walmsley | DFC | |
| Defence Intelligence Staff | |||
| ACM (Ret) | Sir Alfred Earle | Director-General of Intelligence, GBE, CB | |
| AM | Sir Harold J Maguire | Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence), KCB, DSO, OBE | |
| Maj-Gen | R A Fyffe | Director of Service Intelligence, CB, DSO, OBE, MC | |
| R-Adm | K H Farnhill | Director of Management and Support Intelligence, OBE | |
| Cdre | E M B Hoare | Commodore (INT) DIS, DSC | |
| Brig | D J Willison | Brigadier General Staff (INT) DIS | |
| A/Cdre | Christopher D North-Lewis | Air Commodore (INT) DIS, DSO, DFC* | |
| Mr | E A Radice | Director, CBE | |
| Mr | A Potts | Director | |
| Mr | G G Harris | Special Advisor, Chief Executive Officer | |
| Unison Planning Staff | |||
| Maj-Gen | W G F Jackson | OBE, MC*, MA | |
| Gp Capt | A C Blythe | DFC* | |
| Capt | J W G Lindley | RN | |
| Defence Signals Staff | |||
| AVM | Arthur Foden | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Signals); CB, CBE, BSc (Eng), MIEE | |
| Capt | C B H Wake-Walker | Director of Naval Signals, RN | |
| Maj-Gen | P E M Bradley | Signal Officer-in-Chief (Army), CBE, DSO | |
| Brig | K D Gribbin | Deputy Director (Co-ordination), MBE, MA, MIEE | |
| Capt | C Rusby | Deputy Director of Naval Signals, MVO, RN | |
| Brig | J M Sawers | Brigadier General Staff (Signals), MBE | |
| Brig | D R Horsfield | Director of Telecommunications (Army), OBE, MA, MIEE | |
| A/Cdre | Anthony G Powell | Director of Signals (Air), MIEE | |
| Capt | G E Sampson | Assistant Director of Communications Planning, RN | |
| Col | A J Leahy | OBE | |
| Col | A T Burrows | MBE, ERD, BA, MIEE, TE | |
| Col | R C S Collison | ||
| Col | P F Yeatman | MBE | |
| Gp Capt | A Fry | OBE, BSc | |
| Gp Capt | C M McMinn | CBE, MA | |
| Gp Capt | J Smith | CEng, MIEE | |
| Gp Capt | D J Vanstone | ||
| Central Defence Scientific Staff | |||
| Sir William Cook | Chief Adviser Projects, CB, FRS | ||
| Prof | A H Cottrell | Chief Adviser (Studies), MA, PhD, FRS | |
| Mr | B T Price | Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | V H B Macklen | Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | H W Pout | Chief Scientific Officer, OBE | |
| Mr | W B H Lord | Chief Scientific Officer, MA | |
| Mr | T H Pratt | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | C Moore | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | J Highcock | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | I J Shaw | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, OBE | |
| Mr | W H Hill | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | G F Komlosy | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | D C Fakley | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R V Aired | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A D Hunter | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | F A Kitchen | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A S Reid | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R W Brittain | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | D P R Roessier | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | F H Panton | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A C S Pinpar | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | G W A Morris | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A T Horton | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | W F Biddle | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R N Anderson | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | G Burns | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | S A Byard | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R E Clark | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | F S Fidlan | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R D G Mussett | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | G A Collie | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | R S Collins | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | K N Reed | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A H J Todd | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | J Walton | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | W E Jones | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | P L Chaplin | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | J C Dickison | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A D Edwards | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | G E G Graham | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | P W B Harrison | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | C T McIndoe | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Defence Secretariat | |||
| Sir James Dunnett | Permanent Under-Secretary of State, KCB, CMG | ||
| Mr | J M Wilson | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB | |
| Mr | A D Peck | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB, MBE | |
| Mr | G Leitch | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB, OBE | |
| Mr | R C Kent | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB | |
| Mr | C E F Gough | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG | |
| Mr | T A G Charlton | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | P D Nairne | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, MC | |
| Mr | H C Budden | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | E D Wright | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | D M Evans | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | F Cooper | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG | |
| Mr | E G Cass | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, OBE | |
| Mr | G C B Dodds | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | R J Penney | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | H E Davies | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | W Marshall | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | P C Thomson | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | A Campbell | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | A S Osley | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | P J Hudson | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | D W Ward | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | D C Humphreys | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | F W Armstrong | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | D R J Stephen | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | G H Green | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | E H St G Moss | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | A R M Jaffray | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | J G Ashcroft | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | A G Draper | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | C J L Elwell | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | P Nailor | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | F J Stephens | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | M H Tallboys | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | L J Sabatini | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | W F Mumford | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | B Miller | Principal | |
| Mr | D A J West | Principal | |
| Mr | R J E Abraham | Principal | |
| Mr | H F Ellis-Rees | Principal | |
| Mr | K C Macdonald | Principal | |
| Mr | M Holton | Principal | |
| Mr | J Peters | Principal | |
| Mr | D J Chapman | Principal | |
| Mr | D A Nicholls | Principal | |
| Mr | E J Morgan | Principal | |
| Mr | J L Fouracrer | Principal | |
| Mr | R M Hastie-Smith | Principal | |
| Mr | J E Pestell | Principal | |
| Mr | J F Mayne | Principal | |
| Mr | N K Reeve | Principal | |
| Mr | T F Ronayne | Principal | |
| Mr | D C R Heymoe | Principal | |
| Mr | R A Lloyd Jones | Principal | |
| Mr | C J Hooker | Principal | |
| Mr | K P Jeffs | Principal | |
| Mr | P W Heap | Principal | |
| Mr | M J Culham | Principal | |
| Mr | C H Henn | Principal | |
| Mr | C E Johnson | Principal | |
| Mr | T G T Taylor | Principal | |
| Mr | D E J Jago | Principal | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | C E Goddard | Principal | |
| Mr | J Howells | Principal | |
| Mr | D J Chapman | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | C Hewertson | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | A C Hartley | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H W A Garmston | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | A E Eburne | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J R Elvy | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | N H West | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | E G Hill | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | A W McMahon | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R T F Sheppard | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G L Smallwood | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J W Easton | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J Y Dickinson | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | V H S Benham | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mrs | C L Jones | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G N N Harris | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | E W Powell-Chandler | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Public Relations Staff | |||
| Mr | T C G James | Chief of Public Relations | |
| Capt | H H Cook | Director (Navy), RCN | |
| Brig | T D H McMeekin | Director (Army), OBE | |
| A/Cdre | Archibald L Winskill | Director (RAF); CBE, DFC* | |
| Mr | T Cochrane | Deputy Director (General), OBE | |
| Mr | W Hayes | Deputy Director (Navy) | |
| Mr | B Langley | Deputy Director (Army), MBE | |
| Mr | S Gunnill | Deputy Director (RAF), MBE | |
| Defence Sales Organisation | |||
| Mr | R F Brown | Head of Defence Sales, OBE | |
| Maj-Gen | E M Hall | Military Deputy to Head of Defence Sales, MBE, BA | |
| Army Sales | |||
| Mr | H R Hubert | Senior Principal Executive Officer | |
| Mr | T E Nissen | Principal Executive Officer | |
| Mr | W E Rosenfield | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | L A Brooke | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J R Copeland | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | O J Porter | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | T Murrell | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R W Browne | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Navy Sales | |||
| Mr | L Solomon | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | C A Alldis | Principal | |
Source - Spring 1968 Air Force List
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