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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Walter
Buckingham b:
22 Sep 1879
r: 28 May
1919
d:
SA3
- 12 Apr 1916, LoH, C - 22 Aug 1917,
SS2 - xx xxx xxxx.
For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here
(Army): - 2 Lt: 26 May 1900, Lt: 29 Mar 1902, (T) Capt: 28 May 1906 - 28 May 1911, Capt: 26 May 1913, (T) Maj: 9 Mar 1915, Maj: 31 Dec 1915, (T) Lt Col: 27 Mar 1916, (T) Brig-Gen: 27 Mar 1916 - 22 Dec 1917, Bt Lt Col: 1 Jan 1917, Lt Col: 28 May 1919,
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen [Col]:
20 Apr 1918 - 20 Aug 1918, (H) Brig-Gen: 28 May 1919.
xx xxx xxxx: Attended University
29 May 1900: Officer, Royal Garrison Artillery
28 May 1906: Adjutant, The Duke of Connaught's Own Sligo (Garrison Artillery Militia)
3 Aug 1908: Adjutant, The Antrim Royal Garrison Artillery
28 May 1911: Restored to the establishment of the Royal Garrison Artillery
9 Mar 1915: Staff Captain, Dept of Director of Aircraft Equipment
25 Nov 1915: Deputy Assistant Director of Military Aeronautics.
27 Mar 1916: Assistant Director of Military Aeronautics.
4 Apr 1917: Director of Aircraft Equipment
22 Dec 1917: Depot Commander, Egypt.
20 Apr 1918: Brigadier-General (Equipment), HQ South-Eastern Area. (Graded as Group Commander)
20 Aug 1918: Attached to Vickers Aircraft Ltd.
During 1916, he was introduced to G. Constantinesco, who had developed a synchronising system for aircraft guns. As a result the C.C. gear was further developed and adopted as standard on British aircraft. After the war he worked as the Sales Director of Vickers (Aviation) Ltd and in 1930 was the Personal Assistant to the Chairman.
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