Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Alfred
Drummond
b: 18 Dec 1883
r: 3 Jul 1933
d: 24 Mar 1962
CB
- 1 Jan 1943, CMG -
3 Jun 1919, OBE
- 7 Jun1918,
MiD - 11 Jul 1940.
(RN):
- Mid’n:
15 Jun 1899,
Sub-Lt:
18 Dec 1902, Lt: 18 Dec 1904, Lt Cdr: 18
Dec 1912, Act Cdr: xx xxx xxxx, Cdr: 30 Jun 1917.
(RAF): - Lt
Col:
1 Apr 1918, Wg Cdr: 1
Aug 1919, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1922,
A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1929.
15 Jan 1898: Naval Cadet, HMS Britannia
15 May 1899: Naval Cadet, HMS Duke of Wellington
1 Jun 1899: Naval Cadet/Midshipman, HMS Hannibal
1 Nov 1900: Midshipman, HMS Glory (on commissioning)
15 Dec 1902: Attended RN College
xx Jul 1903: Lent to HMS Majestic for manoeuvres
1 Jun 1904: HMS Bacchante
25 Jan 1905: HMS Leviathan
15 Mar 1906: Attended Torpedo Course, HMS Vernon
xx Jun 1906: HMS Talbot for manoeuvres
9 Apr 1907: Torpedo Officer, HMS Vernon (Temporary)
17 Jun 1907: Torpedo Officer, HMS Mars
31 Aug 1907: Torpedo Officer, HMS Vernon
6 Jan 1909: Torpedo Officer, HMS Furious.
21 Dec 1910: Torpedo Officer, HMS Cumberland
5 Sep 1911: Torpedo Officer, HMS Cumberland (on recommissioning)
6 Jan 1913: 1st Lieutenant and Torpedo Officer, HMS Vindictive
21 Oct 1914: Acting Commander, HMS Vindictive
14
Aug 1916: Torpedo
and
Wireless
Officer, RNAS.
xx Feb 1917: Head of N4, Air Board
1
Apr 1918:
Staff Officer
1st Class, Equipment - Wireless Telegraphy.
xx
May 1919:
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel (gazetted 22 Aug 1919)
22
Jan 1920: Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded
Permanent Commission in RAF
1
Aug 1921:
Commandant,
Electrical and Wireless School.
xx Jan 1924: Awarded the Specialist Symbol 'S'
1
Jan 1925:
SESO?, HQ
Iraq Command.
1
Mar 1927:
RAF
Representative, Ordnance Committee, Woolwich.
17
Sep 1928: Supernumerary, RAF
Depot.
30
Nov 1928: Air Commodore i/c,
Signals Branch.
xx xxx 1934:
Assistant Commandant, Observer Corps. (Ret'd)
xx xxx 1935:
Commandant, South Area, Observer Corps. (Ret'd)
1 Mar 1936 - 24 Jun 1942: Commandant,
Observer Corps. (Ret'd)
26 Dec 1942: Appointed to Commission in Class CC, Admin and Special Duties Branch of the RAFO
26 Dec 1942 - 8 Nov 1944:
Deputy Director of the Air Training Corps.
Played Rugby for England in 1909 and Hockey for the
RAF in 1919.
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