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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Francis
Rowland
b: 18 May 1875
r: 31 Dec 1931
d: 15 Apr 1934
CB
- 1 Jan 1919, DSO - 1 Oct 1917,
MiD - 28 Nov 1917.
(RN): - Mid’n: 15 Sep 1891, Sub-Lt: 14 Mar 1895, Lt: 1 Oct 1897, Cdr: 30 Jun 1909, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1914, Act Capt: 14 Jul 1914, Capt: 31 Dec 1914, Wg Capt: 4 Oct 1915.
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen (Col): 1 Apr 1918, Col: 1 Apr 1918, Act
Brig-Gen: 1 May 1919, A/Cdre: 1
Aug 1919, AVM: 1 Jan 1924.
15 Jul 1889: Attended
HMS Britannia.
31 Jul 1891: Naval Cadet/Midshipman, HMS Dreadnought
18 Jul 1894:
Midshipman, HMS Warspi
14 Sep 1894: HMS Volage (Training Sqn)
24 Jul 1895:
14 Apr 1896: HMS Daring
18 Aug 1896: Officer Commanding, Torpedo Boat
1 Oct 1897: Officer Commanding, Torpedo Boat
4 May 1898: HMS Duke of Wellington
1 Oct 1898: HMS Icarus
24 Jul 1902: 1st Lieutenant, HMS Caledonia
4 Jun 1903: 1st Lieutenant, HMS Pomone
30 Aug 1904: Service in connection with Autumn manoeuvres
21 Oct 1905: Attended Course of Instruction
20 Mar 1906: 1st Lieutenant, HMS Lancaster
5 Mar 1907:
1st Lieutenant,
6 Sep 1909: Attended Signals Course
5 Oct 1909: Attended War Course
22 Jan - 28 Jul 1910: Attended Army Staff
College, Camberley. (Commander)
19 Aug 1910: Officer Commanding, Torpedo Boat No 23
27 Jan 1911: Officer Commanding, HMS Kale
11 Aug 1911: Officer Commanding, HMS Conflict
31 Oct 1911: HMS Wildfire for service with HMS Recruit
11 Nov 1911: Officer Commanding, HMS Recruit (on commissioning)
14
Apr 1913: Attended
Central Flying School.
7
May 1913: Executive
Officer, HMS Hermes. (Seaplane
Carrier)
23 Dec 1913: Inspecting Commander of Aircraft.
14
Jul 1914:
Inspecting Captain of Aircraft.
5
Feb 1915: Inspecting
Captain of Air Stations, Director of the Air Department
xx Sep 1915: Inspecting Captain of Air Training.
xx
Feb 1916: Officer
Commanding, No 2 Wing, RNAS, Eastern Mediterranean.
1 Jan 1918: Director of the
Air Division, Naval Staff.
1
Apr 1918:
1 May 1919: GOC, No 12 Group
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Colonel
8
Dec 1919: AOC, RAF Halton.
22
Jan 1920: Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded
Permanent Commission in RAF
1 Mar - 1 Sep 1924: Placed on half pay list.
1
Sep 1924: AOC, Coastal
Area.
26 May 1928: AOC in C (Temporary), Air Defence of Great Britain.
1
Jan 1929: AOC,
Fighting Area.
12
Oct 1929: AOC, RAF Middle
East.
7
Sep 1931: Supernumerary,
RAF Depot.
He gained RAeC Certificate No 468 on 23 April 1913. As Inspecting Commander/Captain of Aircraft he was responsible to the C in C for admin and discipline matters and to the Air Department of the Admiralty for air technical matters. He was awarded his DSO for leading a bombing raid whilst completely unarmed. He once stepped smartly from the deck of a carrier following a tour of inspection, straight into the sea. One of his sons also joined the RAF and rose to AVM, being killed in an air crash in 1945.
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