Sir Robert Allingham George
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1952
NPG x167781
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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert George (04018)
Robert
Allingham
b: 27 Jul 1896
r: 26 Jun 1952
d: 13 Sep 1967
KCMG
- 12 Jun 1958, KCVO -
26 Mar 1954,
KBE -
5 Jun 1952 (CBE
- 1 Jan 1944),
KStJ - 2 Jan 1953, CB - 10 Jun 1948, MC -
26 Mar 1918,
GI(s)C - 29 Dec 1942.
(Army):
- (T) 2 Lt: xx xxx 1914,
(T) Lt: 1 Jul 1917, (T) Capt:
14 Jan 1918.
(RAF): - (T) Capt [Lt]: 1 Apr 1918, (G) Capt: 1 May 1919, Fg Off: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Flt Lt: 1 Jan 1922, Sqn Ldr: 5 Nov 1930, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1937, Act A/Cdre: 13 Apr 1939, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Mar 1940, Gp Capt: 14 Apr 1942 [1 Mar 1940], (T) A/Cdre: 1 Dec 1941, Act AVM: 1 Jun 1943, A/Cdre (W): 1 Jun 1944, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946, (T) AVM: 1 Jan 1946, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1946, Act AVM: 1 Nov 1947?, AVM: 1 Jan 1950.
Sir Robert Allingham George
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1952
NPG x167781
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xxx 1914: Officer?, Seaforth and Gordon Highlanders.
21 Oct 1916: U/T Pilot, RFC?
10 Feb 1917: Flying Officer, RFC.
xx xxx 1917: Pilot, No 35 Sqn RFC.
14 Jan 1918: Flight Commander, No 35? Sqn RFC.
1919
?
1
Feb 1920: Flight Commander, No
97 Sqn.
1
Apr 1920: Flight Commander, No 60 Sqn.
24
May 1924:
9
Aug 1924: Staff, Boy's/No 4 Apprentice's Wing, RAF Cranwell.
6
Aug 1926: Personnel Staff, HQ RAF Cranwell.
2
Apr 1930: Flight Commander, No 100 Sqn.
5
Nov 1930: Officer Commanding, No 100 Sqn.
19
Jan 1931: Attended RAF Staff College.
18 Jan 1932: Officer Commanding, No 33 Sqn. (Hart - Bicester).
7 Jan - 4 Feb 1934: Placed on half pay list, scale A.
9 - 15 Feb 1934: Placed on half pay list, scale A.
16
Feb 1934: SASO, HQ RAF Far East.
22
Nov 1935: Air Staff, HQ RAF Far East.
3
Sep 1937: Officer Commanding, RAF Hawkinge
13
Apr 1939: Air
Attaché, Ankara (Greece & Turkey).
3
Dec 1944: AOC, AHQ Iraq and Persia.
6
Oct 1945:
Air Attaché/Head of RAF Delegation, Paris.
He
retired at his own request and was appointed Governor of South Australia in 1953 until 1960 when he became a
Director of The Bank of Australia and Australian Estates Co.
Retired at his own request. He died in a London hospital after being involved in a road accident.
Citation for the award of the Military Cross
"T,/Lt. Robert Allingham George, Gen. List and R.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has done valuable work in ranging batteries, bombing at night, and in attacking
1 enemy troops with machine-gun fire, often under the most adverse weather conditions. On one occasion he ranged a siege battery on a hostile battery, destroying four of its gunpits and causing fires and explosions. His splendid example has been an inspiration to his squadron."(London Gazette - 23 August 1918)
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