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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Ernest Laurence Geoffrey
b: 24 Mar 1905 r: 9 Sep 1962 d: 4-7 Apr 1981
CBE – 7 Jun 1951 (OBE – 1 Jan 1947), MiD – 1 Jan 1943, MiD – 1 Jan 1946,
(RAF): - Plt Off (P): 3 Dec 1927, Fg Off: 3 Dec 1928, Flt Lt: 3 Dec 1934, Sqn Ldr: 1 Feb 1939, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1941, Wg Cdr: 1 Oct 1946, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1948, Act A/Cdre: 19 Aug 1957, A/Cdre: 1 Sep 1960.
3 Dec 1927: Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the Accountant Branch
17 Jan 1928: Accountant Officer, RAF Northolt
26 Aug 1929: Attached, RAF Duxford
18 Oct 1929: Accountant Officer, Night Flying Flight.
xx xxx 1930? Accountant Officer, Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
8 Dec 1932: Accountant Officer, No 8 Sqn (Aden)
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary
10 Jun 1935: Accountant Officer, Administrative Wing, RAF Cranwell
14 Oct 1936: Accountant Officer, RAF Cranwell
20 Jan 1939: Officer Commanding?, School of Clerks Accounting
xx xxx xxxx: Accountant Officer, No 14 SFTS, RAF Kinloss
20 Apr 1940: Accountant Officer, RAF Kinloss
27 May 1940: Accountant Officer, No 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss
3 Jun 1940: Accountant Officer, HQ Bomber Command.
xx Dec 1944: Deputy Base Accountant Officer
28 Apr 1945: Accountant Officer, HQ Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
11 Oct 1945: Accountant Officer, HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
29 Jul 1947: Accountant Officer, HQ Fighter Command
26 Jul 1948: Senior Officer i/c Administration, HQ No 41 (Maintenance) Group
8 Feb 1951: Deputy Director of Personal Services
xx Jul 1951: Deputy Director of Personal Services (A)
26 Jan 1954: Deputy Director Financial Services, HQ Allied Forces Central Europe
19 Aug 1957: Director of Personal Services (B)
18 Jul 1960: Air Commodore - Organisation, HQ Maintenance Command
He was last seen alive on 4 April and he was found dead on 7 April 1981.
Citation for the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire
"LE DIEU, Ernest Laurence Geoffrey, Wing Commander (21178, Royal Air Force) – Mediterranean and Middle East Headquarters
For three years prior to the war, he was in charge of the Accountant Officers Courses, and Lecturer on Accounts at RAF College, Cranwell. He was later appointed to the staff of the Commander Account Headquarters, Bomber Command. In December 1944, he was made Deputy Base Accountant Officer at El Cedida and in March 1946 was appointed to the staff of the Command Headquarters. In all these appointments, he has done excellent work exercising very successfully his powers of organization and control of staff. He has a great capacity for hard work and takes an active interest in the welfare of all personnel serving with him."
(Source: London Gazette - 1 January 1947)
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