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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Frederick
Crosby b:
27 May 1880
r: 1 Jan 1930
d: 17 Oct 1965
CMG
-
3 Jun
1919, CBE - 2 Jun 1923,
DSO - 1 Jan 1918, MVO
- 5 Aug 1907, MiD - 11
Dec 1917,
Cwn (Cdr) -
15 Apr 1921, Cwn, O - 8 Feb 1919, LoH, O -
29 Oct 1918, CdeG
(B) - 15 Apr 1921,
DL (Lincolnshire) – 16 Jul 1937
- xx xxx 1950, JP (Cheshire) - xx xxx xxxx
(RN):
- Mid’n: 15 Jun 1896, Sub-Lt:
15 Dec 1899, Lt:
15 Dec 1900, Lt
Cdr: 15 Dec 1908, Wg Cdr: 6 May
1915, Act Cdr:
6 May 1915,
Cdr:
30 Jun 1917, Wg Capt: 30 Jun 1917.
(RAF):
- Lt Col: 1
Apr 1918, Act Col: 16
Dec 1918, Col: 1 Jan 1919, Gp
Capt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Jan 1919], A/Cdre:
1 Jan 1921 [1 Aug 1919], AVM: 1 Jul
1928, Gp Capt: 22 Dec 1939.
xx
Apr 1895: Attended Britannia Naval College.
xx
xxx 1896: Midshipman/Officer, HMS Immortalite. (China Station)
xx
xxx xxxx: Gunnery Officer, ?
xx
xxx 1906: Gunnery Officer, HMS Dreadnought.
31 Jan 1909: Gunnery Lieutenant, HMS Cochrane
xx xxx 1914: Head of Gunnery Section, Admiralty Air Department.
1915 Officer Commanding, Anti-Aircraft Section, Air Department, Admiralty.
xx
Jan 1916:
Officer Commanding, RNAS Units at Dover
12
Sep 1916:
30
Jun 1917:
1 Apr 1918: 2 i/c VII Brigade
xx May 1918:
2 i/c, No 5 Group.
16 Dec 1918: Officer Commanding, No 5 Group
1 Jul 1919: Deputy Director of Equipment (Quartermasters Services).
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Colonel
1 Aug 1919: Appointed Deputy Director, 1st Class
xx xxx 1919: Deputy Director of Stores.
22
Jan
1920: Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded Permanent Commission in RAF
1922
- 1923: Director of Aeronautical Inspection.
5 Mar 1923: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
1
Apr 1923:
Attended RN Staff College.
7 Jul 1923 - xx xxx xxxx: Placed on Half Pay List.
13 Nov 1923: Supernumerary, HQ Coastal Area (for Special Duty).
18
Apr 1924: Director of Technical Development.
1
Nov 1926: Commandant, RAF (Cadet) College/AOC, RAF Cranwell.
16- 31 Dec 1929: Placed on half pay list, scale A
22 Dec 1939: Relinquished rank of AVM on being re-employed.
22 Dec 1939: Staff, Directorate of Personal Services
xx xxx 1940: Head of P5, Directorate of Personal Services
xx xxx xxxx: Staff, Directorate-General of Personal Services (Represented DGPS on various committees).
He attended Dulwich College from July 1891 to April 1995 when he entered Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth.
Having become a gunnery expert, by 1914 he had organised an AA Corps in London,
after which he started work in the Air Department of the Admiralty, where he
joined a team, tasked with undertaking surveys of possible airfield sites. He eventually learnt to fly himself in 1915,
gaining RAeC Certificate No 1169 on 14 February.
He was a founder member of the RAF Rifle Association in 1921 holding the
office of Chairman from 1929 until his death.
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