Horace Gordon-Dean
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 March 1961
NPG x170791
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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Horace
b: 3 Dec 1890
r: 16 May 1938
d: 8 Apr 1972
AFC – 3 Jun 1919,
(Army): - (T) 2 Lt: 6 Feb 1915, 2 Lt: 6 Sep 1915, (T) Capt: 30 Aug 1916, Lt: 18 Dec 1916 [14 Aug 1916], (T) Maj: 10 Dec 1917
(RAF): - (T) Maj [Capt]: 1 Apr 1918, Sqn Ldr: 1 Aug 1919, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1927, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1933, Act A/Cdre: 27 Dec 1941?, A/Cdre: Retained.
Horace Gordon-Dean
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 17 March 1961
NPG x170791
xx xxx xxxx: Officer, 8th Battalion, Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment.
5 Mar 1916: Seconded for service with the RFC
14 Jun 1915: u/t Pilot, No 5 Reserve Sqn RFC
xx xxx xxxx: Flying Officer, RFC
25 Aug 1915: Pilot, No 17 Sqn RFC
11 Oct 1915: Pilot, No 31 Sqn
xx xxx xxxx: On sick leave from India
30 Aug 1916: Flight Commander, No 5 Sqn RFC
10 Dec 1917: Officer Commanding, No 5 Sqn RFC
28 Sep 1918: Officer Commanding, No 107 Sqn.
30 Jun 1919: ?
1 Aug 1919: Resigned his commission in the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment.
23 Dec 1919: Staff, Inspector of Recruiting.
5 Oct 1921: Attended Cambridge University.
1 Oct 1923: Attended Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University.
xx Jul 1925: Awarded Diploma for Advanced Study and Research
1 Oct 1925: Attended Refresher flying course, No 24 Sqn
9 May 1926: Attended RAF Staff College.
xx xxx xxxx:
6 Sep 1927: Staff Officer, HQ Wessex Bombing Area.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
7 Oct 1930: Officer Commanding, No 3 (Indian) Wing.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
8 Apr 1934: Commandant, Electrical and Wireless School.
28 Apr 1937: SASO, No 4 (Bomber) Group.
1 Jul 1937: SASO, No 5 (Bomber) Group.
16 May 1938: Retired.
16 Oct 1939: Recalled to service.
16 Oct 1939: Deputy Director of Repair and Maintenance.
xx xxx 1940: Deputy Director of Maintenance Design, MAP
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch
xx xxx xxxx: Staff Officer, HQ No 43 Group
2 Dec 1940: Supernumerary, RAF Turnhouse (for duty with No 16 Aviation Candidate Selection Board)
9 Dec 1940: President, No 16 Aviation Candidate Selection Board
xx xxx xxxx: Staff Officer, HQ No 6 Group
27 Dec 1941: Director of Technical Training
16 Aug 1944: Reverted to the Retired List
He was educated at King's College School and was awarded RAeC Cert No.1348 on 24 June 1915.
He changed his name from Horace G Dean to Horace Gordon-Dean by deed poll on 7 February 1919, although he appears to have been using it prior to this, and married Helen McNeill at St Ninian's in Hampstead on 17 June 1918.
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