Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1920
NPG x66829
Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Ivo
Lucius Beresford b: 11 Aug 1876
r:
30 Jun 1939
d: 19 Feb 1975
KCB
- xx xxx 1935 (CB - xx xxx 1921), KBE - 2 Jun 1923,
CMG -xx xxx 1919, DSO - xx xxx 1917,
LoH, O - 24 Feb 1916, CdeG
(B) - 11 Mar 1918,
SMSL, O - 1 Apr 1919.
(Army):
- 2 Lt:
20
Feb 1897, Lt: 20
Oct 1898, Capt: 27 Apr 1903 [22 Jan 1903], Bt
Maj: 23 Jun 1915, (T) Lt Col: 5
Jun 1915, Maj: 1 Sep 1915, (B) Lt Col:
3 Jun 1916, Brig-Gen:
26 May 1917?, (T) Maj-Gen:
13 Jun
1919 - 1 Jun 1923; 1 Aug 1923,
(T) Col: 1 Jun 1923,
Maj-Gen:
15 Sep 1928, Lt-Gen:
10 Feb 1934, Gen:
26 Apr 1938 [5 Dec 1937];
(RAF):
- AVM: 1 Aug
1923
Sir Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1920
NPG x66829
xx xxx xxxx: Attended RMC, Sandhurst
20 Feb 1897: Officer, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
28 May 1904: Adjutant, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
28 May 1907: Officer, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
22 Jan 1909: Attended Staff College, Camberley.
30 Jun 1911: Restored to establishment of The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
29 Aug 1911: Brigade Major, 18th Brigade, Northern Command
6 Oct 1913: GSO III, Directorate of Staff Duties.
12 Apr 1914: GSO II, Directorate of Staff Duties.
6 Nov 1914: Assistant Military Secretary
5 Jun 1915: Assistant Military Secretary (graded as Assistant Adjutant-General)
26 May 1917: Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
4 Dec 1917: Deputy Director of Organisation (War Office)
13 Jun 1919:
Director
of Recruiting and Organisation (War Office).
1 Jun 1923: Colonel on the Staff i/c Admin.
1 Aug 1923: Granted a Temporary Commission in the rank of Air Vice Marshal.
1 Aug 1923: Director of Organisation and Staff Duties (Air Ministry).
15 Sep 1928: Reverted to establishment of the Army
19 May 1929: Relinquishes his Temporary Commission on return to Army Duty.
1 Apr 1930:
GOC,
48th South Midland Division TA.
1 Jun 1931:
Director
of Staff Duties (War Office).
10 May 1934: Placed on half pay list
30 Jun 1935:
GOC in C, Western Command, India.
25 Mar 1936:
GOC
in C, Southern Command, India.
12 Oct 1937:
Chief
of the General Staff, Indian Army.
4 May 1939: Colonel of Queen's Royal Regiment.
xx xxx xxxx: Battalion Commander, Home Guard
Son
of Major-General G H Vesey. Served
in South Africa (1899 - 1901) and WW1.
Seconded to RAF for six years.
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