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Department of the Air Member for Personnel - Personnel July 1947


 

ACM

Sir John C Slessor

Air Member for Personnel, KCB, DSO, MC, later MRAF  5 Apr 1945
Mr A F Thorp Private Secretary  
Wg Cdr F W Wiseman-Clarke Staff Officer, MBE  
Directorate-General of Personnel (I)
AVM John W Baker Director-General, CB, MC, DFC; later ACM  
Miss E M M Woodhams Personal Assistant, MBE  
P5 (Resettlement and Rehabillitation)
Wg Cdr E T Rees DSO, OBE, MC  
Sqn Ldr A H Beach OBE  
Sqn Ldr W Hamley    
Sqn Ldr A L S O'Beirne    
Sqn Ldr A Richardson    
Sqn Off E D Durling WAAF  
Mr F E Ford Higher Clerical Officer  
P12 (Officers' Friend)
Gp Capt P R Beare DSO, DFC  
Wg Cdr David M Strong later A/Cdre  
Chaplaincy Services
Rev J A Jagoe Chaplain in Chief, MA, KHC 10 Apr 1944
Rev C J F Gilmore Assistant Chaplain in Chief, MA 10 Apr 1944
Rev A McHardy Principal Chaplain, MC, MA, KHC 14 Mar 1941
The Very Rev, Mgr H Beauchamp Principal Chaplain, MC, VG, BA  5 Sep 1939
Rev W R Marsh Principal Chaplain, BD, KHC  1 Sep 1942
Rev F D Morley Principal Chaplain, BD  7 Sep 1939
Directorate of Personal Services
A/Cdre

Alban S Ellerton

Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Gp Capt Harold J Collins Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Gp Capt Patrick H Dunn Deputy Director, DFC; later AM  
Gp Capt Richard T Gething Deputy Director, OBE, AFC; later A/Cdre  
Gp Capt

Bernard L Blofeld

later A/Cdre  
Gp Capt (Ret) E H Hooper Special Appointment, OBE  
Wg Cdr Bernard A Chacksfield OBE; later AVM  
Wg Cdr William I C Innes later A/Cdre 20 Aug 1946
Wg Cdr Arthur F Johnson DFC; later A/Cdre  
Wg Cdr E L Leader   12 May 1943
Wg Cdr J M Wells    1 Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr G C R Ackrill    1 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr W C Armstrong   18  Mar 1946
Sqn Ldr R J K Baker MBE 12 Mar 1946
Sqn Ldr C E Bailey    
Sqn Ldr A W Barwood DFC  
Sqn Ldr H Corbett-Wilson    1 Feb 1946
Sqn Ldr Marcus M Gardham later AVM 18 Oct 1945
Sqn Ldr L J Harding    
Sqn Ldr J Harris DFC  
Sqn Ldr P G Hering    
Sqn Ldr D H Moffitt    
Sqn Ldr L J L Pullar MC  1 May 1945
Sqn Ldr S W Waller   24 Sep 1945
Sqn Ldr G G Thompson DSM  
Sqn Ldr W B J Webber   29 Oct 1943
Flt Lt C M Bowring DFM  
Flt Lt D L OLdfield    3 Jun 1946
Flt Lt C Ord    
Flt Lt A W Scott    
Flt Lt F Whitworth    
A/Cdre (Ret) Thomas E B Howe Reception Officer, CBE, AFC  
Mr C R Adlam Acting Staff Officer  
Mr H J Trotman Acting Staff Officer  
Mr F C Sleigh Acting Higher Clerical Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)
Directorate of Air Force Welfare
A/Cdre John A Boret Director, CBE, MC, AFC; later AVM 21 Jan 1946
Gp Capt J A R Louden Deputy Director, 15 Mar 1946
Wg Cdr A Brown   26 Aug 1946
Wg Cdr G D Jones DSO, DFC  
Wg Cdr F L Sayers AFC  
Sqn Ldr P E W De Carteret   13 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr J P Frost   12 Apr 1946
Sqn Ldr P Leuw   10 Sep 1946
Sqn Ldr G M Rackow   25 Feb 1946
Sqn Off I Cole WAAF 25 Jan 1946
Flt Lt R Holland    5 Mar 1946
Flt Lt G Mills DFM 24 Oct 1946
Flt Lt C J F Simons    9 Jul 1945
Flt Lt W T Stagg   23 Aug 1945
Flt Lt T C H Winup   21 Oct 1946
Flt Off J J D Gray WAAF 16 Jun 1945
Flt Off I L Millett WAAF, BEM 31 Oct 1945
Flt Off V Gwynne-James WAAF 30 Dec 1946
Mr J H Keys Acting Senior Staff Officer  
Mr S Bowers Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Directorate of Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Air Cmdt F H Hanbury Director, MBE, WAAF  
Flt Off A S Wright Personal Assistant, WAAF  4 Sep 1941
Gp Off P C Greig Deputy Director, WAAF  2 May 1943
Wg Off O A Ramsden WAAF  
Wg Off N M Salmon WAAF  
Sqn Off M I Montefiore WAAF 25 Oct 1943
Sqn Off J Williams WAAF  
Flt Off D M Atkinson WAAF  
Flt Off N C Baum WAAF  
Flt Off M Dodds WAAF  
Flt Off A F Holloway WAAF  
Flt Off E L Lech WAAF  
Flt Off N E Stockings WAAF  
Miss E Cruickshank Acting Higher Clerical Officer
Provost Marshal
A/Cdre Owen W de Putron Provost Marshal and Chief of Air Force Police, 21 Dec 1942
Gp Capt C R Richdale Deputy to Provost Marshal (1), CBE  
Gp Capt William I G Kerby Deputy to Provost Marshal (2); later A/Cdre 18 May 1943
Wg Cdr E Campbell   11 Mar 1943
Wg Cdr S N Kettle OBE 22 Mar 1947
Sqn Ldr J S Hobson    7 Aug 1945
Sqn Ldr W G Parry    
Sqn Ldr P Stradling   28 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr H J Upward MM 11 Dec 1941
Sqn Off M D George WAAF 21 Jul 1941
Flt Lt A G Bullen   28 Jul 1946
Flt Lt A J Harper DFC 24 Sep 1945
Flt Lt R T W Laing    8 May 1946
Flt Lt J R C Proudlock    
Flt Lt L Wilson   24 Jun 1946
Flt Off J G Elder WAAF 10 Jan 1944
Mr A J Creedy Acting Staff Officer  
Mr S W E Burgess Acting Higher Clerical Officer
Inspector of Physical Fitness
Wg Cdr A W Taylor    
Director of RAF Sport and Inspector of Recreational Grounds
Wg Cdr (Ret) J Lawson OBE  

Directorate-General of Personnel (II)

AVM

Aubrey B Ellwood

Director-General, CB, DSC, later AM  
Miss E M Modlen Personal Assistant, MBE  
A/Cdre Alan D Gilmore Director, CBE; later AVM  
A/Cdre Ivor L Wincer Director, CBE  
Gp Capt Frederick R Drew Deputy Director, CBE; later A/Cdre  
Gp Capt O I Gilson Deputy Director  
Gp Capt W A C Heyman Deputy Director 21 Dec 1945
A/Cdre Richard G Gardner Special Appointment, CBE, DSC (Ret)  
Wg Cdr Patrick Burnett, DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre 18 Dec 1945
Wg Cdr C V Lock    1 Jun 1945
Wg Cdr G ff Powell-Sheddon DSO, DFC  
Wg Cdr Ian J Spencer DFC; later AVM  
Sqn Ldr G V Atkinson   16 Jan 1945
Sqn Ldr I B Beesley    2 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr J H Chart    5 Mar 1941
Sqn Ldr G W A Davies    
Sqn Ldr A H Durrant    4 Jun 1945
Sqn Ldr C Kershaw   23 Oct 1940
Sqn Ldr J W Louw    
Sqn Ldr H W Porter   20 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr G H Saunders     2 Oct 1944
Sqn Ldr Alasdair McK S Steedman, DFC; later ACM  5 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr Gordon Young later AVM 11 Dec 1945
Sqn Off I M Bryan WAAF  
Flt Lt H Adamson    
Flt Lt J Carr    
Flt Lt D A Castle    9 Apr 1945
Flt Lt F Cheetham    
Flt Lt G C Darby    
Flt Lt P Edelsten    
Flt Lt M E Griffiths    
Flt Lt R P Hand    5 Sep 1946
Flt Lt R Hathaway   14 Jun 1946
Flt Lt B C Horsnell    
Flt Lt R How   25 May 1942
Flt Lt J S D Hyslop    
Flt Lt I E Miller   21 Aug 1946
Flt Lt R L Perry    
Flt Lt C Philpot   18 Oct 1945
Flt Lt A A Purdon    
Flt Lt J T Rashbrook    
Flt Lt Ian S Stockwell DFC; later A/Cdre 12 Nov 1945
Flt Lt E A Tennant    
Flt Lt C S Tucker    
Flt Off E R Addison WAAF  
Flt Off R M Bray WAAF  
Flt Off E J Brodie WAAF  
SO F G Slingo WAAF 26 Sep 1946
Mr A E Porter Acting Senior Staff Officer  
Mr J W H Owens Acting Senior Staff Officer  
Mr H V Case Acting Staff Officer  
Mr R W Hunt Acting Staff Officer  
Mr A J Hockley Acting Staff Officer  
Mr H J Marshall Acting Staff Officer  
Mr J C Braben Acting Staff Officer  
Mr C J R Secombe Acting Staff Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)
Miss R W Thomas Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr H J McGee Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr W E Burges Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr E C Colson Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr W J Davidson Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr G A Mills Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr G A Moles Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr F W Stevenson Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr A M West Acting Higher Clerical Officer
Mr L J Bennett Acting Higher Clerical Officer
Mrs M E Dryden Acting Higher Clerical Officer
P7 (Technical Administration of Selection Boards)
Gp Capt W A Hammerton    
Sqn Ldr

Reginald Bullen

GM; later AVM  
Sqn Ldr D H Keary DFC  
Sqn Ldr J Wishart    
Flt Off C J Frank WAAF  
Mr C P Brown Staff Officer  
Mr E J Canton Junior Executive Officer, DFC  
Mr M C Wood Junior Executive Officer  
Miss R L Bridger High Clerical Officer  
Permanent Commission Selection Board
AVM

Aubrey B Ellwood

Chairman, CB, DSC, later AM  
Gp Capt D I P McNair Member  
Gp Capt David N Roberts Member, OBE, AFC; later A/Cdre  
SO C A Devenish Mears WAAF  
SO H I Durie WAAF  
SO B M Haydon WAAF  

Directorate-General of RAF Medical Services

AM Sir Andrew Grant Director-General, KBE, CB, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS  1 Mar 1946
A/Cdre W J G Walker Deputy Director-General, CBE, MRCS, LRCP 27 Nov 1945
A/Cdre J MacC Kilpatrick Director of Hygiene, OBE, MB, BCh, DPH, 21 Jul 1947
A/Cdre G A Ballantyne Director of Dental Services, CBE, DFC, LDS  1 Jun 1943
Gp Capt J Hutchieson MB, BCh, DPH 15 Mar 1938
Wg Cdr J Clarke Taylor MB, ChB 18 Jul 1945
Wg Cdr J W Patrick MB, BCh, DPH 18 Aug 1945
Wg Cdr F B Sumerling OBE, BDS 22 Oct 1945
Wg Cdr J B Wallace OBE, MD, ChB 16 Jun 1945
Wg Cdr C E G Wickham MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP 25 Sep 1944
Wg Cdr G O Williams MRCS, LRCP 18 Apr 1941
Sqn Ldr A C Camm MRCS, LRCP  
Sqn Ldr W O Davies MRCS, LRCP  
Sqn Ldr H N H Genese MRCS, LRCP  
Sqn Ldr D C Light    
Sqn Ldr R Mortimer MB, BS 10 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr M O Richardson MRCS, LRCP  
Sqn Ldr W D Richardson MBE  
Flt Lt C A Jocobs    
Flt Lt H C Wallace    1 Aug 1945
Mr S H Widdup Acting Staff Officer  
Mr J C Cree Acting Staff Officer, MBE  
Mr R A V Maughan Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr H A Baker Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr A S Peterkin Higher Clerical Officer  
Miss I M Marshall Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr F H Majoribanks Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr A H Drury Higher Clerical Officer  
Miss M Hart Acting Higher Clerical Officer

Nursing Service Branch

Miss G Taylor Matron-in-Chief, RRC  
Mr F S Manning Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Directorate-General of Manning
AVM

Victor E Groom

Director, CB, CBE, DFC; later AM  
Mr A J Croft Personal Assistant  
A/Cdre Adolphus D Davies Director, later A/Cdre 18 Aug 1944
Gp Capt

R W P Collings

Deputy Director, DSO, DFC  
Gp Capt

John R Rhys-Jones

Deputy Director; later A/Cdre  
Gp Capt J Whitehead Deputy Director  8 Apr 1945
Mr H P Grabaskey Acting Assistant Director  
Wg Cdr G C C Bartlett AFC  
Wg Cdr H C Biles    
Wg Cdr C L Roy    1 Nov 1945
Wg Cdr W W Watson OBE 15 Jul 1940
Wg Cdr C H Williams    
Sqn Ldr J Beaton BEM 14 Nov 1942
Sqn Ldr J Carmichael    
Sqn Ldr E R Lacey DSO  
Sqn Ldr J Mochrie    
Sqn Ldr E C L Richardson    9 Jan 1941
Sqn Ldr G Smythe MBE, DFM  
Sqn Ldr H Taylor CMG  
Sqn Off R O Doyle    
Flt Lt J W Barling DSO, DFC 15 Dec 1945
Flt Lt C J L Bate    
Flt Lt W C Brewer    
Flt Lt T Gray    
Flt Lt S T Jakimowicz    
Flt Lt D Q Watson DFC  
Flt Off D Charlton WAAF 12 Feb 1942
Flt Off J T Dawson WAAF  
Flt Off J Hall WAAF  
Flt Off E Hickman WAAF 15 Aug 1944
Flt Off G H Jenkins WAAF  
Flt Off P Kepple WAAF 26 Nov 1942
Fg Off D A Godfrey    
Mr A H Hibbert Senior Staff Officer  
Mr A K Howard Acting Staff Officer  
Miss D Osborn Acting Staff Officer  
Mr W Green Acting Staff Officer  
Miss P J Farr Acting Staff Officer  
Mr A E Milne Acting Staff Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)  
Mr H C Flower Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr E J Taylor Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr L C Hill Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Miss L G Iliffe Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr W H Jackson Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr H V Tether Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr A J Street Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Miss E Connor Higher Clerical Officer
Mr A G Lawrie Acting Higher Clerical Officer, MBE  
Mrs M M Joyner Temporary Higher Clerical Officer  
Mrs D E Wakefield Temporary Higher Clerical Officer  
Miss I B Bromley Acting Higher Clerical Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)
Miss M S Gray Acting Higher Clerical Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)
Miss F Murphy Acting Higher Clerical Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)
Miss M Trtibe Acting Higher Clerical Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)
Directorate of Auxiliary Reserve Forces
A/Cdre Charlton Hallawell Director  
Gp Capt S J Bailey CBE 16 Oct 1939
Gp Capt A M Wheeler OBE  
Wg Cdr A D Forster DFC  
Wg Cdr R J Millington    
Wg Cdr G A Potter    
Wg Cdr F L Scott    
Sqn Ldr P E A Carr    
Sqn Ldr P J Duncan DFC, AFC  
Sqn Ldr C H Palmer MBE  
Sqn Ldr H E White DFC  
Sqn Ldr A J Winyard    
Flt Lt W B Curry    
Flt Lt H S Hammer   29 Aug 1946
Flt Off J Water WAAF  
Fg Off G H Jodrell    
Fg Off R V Moore    
Senior Service Accountant
A/Cdre Herbert F Fuller Senior Service Accountant, CBE 12 Mar 1945
Wg Cdr H R Withers OBE  
Wg Cdr H C Staines    1 Oct 1945
Sqn Ldr H Bamforth    
Directorate of Educational Services
A/Cdre A H Robson Director, OBE, MC, MSc, PhD  
Gp Capt I L B Hart Deputy Director, OBE, BSc, PhD  
Gp Capt N Wood Deputy Director, OBE, MA, PhD, FRHistS  
Gp Capt C W Pollock Deputy Director, MA  
Wg Cdr F L D Davies BA, BSc  
Wg Cdr H R Wright MC, MSc, AFRAeS  
Wg Cdr A Gillespie BEnng, AMIME  
Wg Cdr E Knowles MBE, BSc  
Wg Cdr P L P Marrett    
Wg Cdr J R Morgan OBE, BSc, AMIME, AFRAeS  
Wg Cdr G W Whittaker DSO, MA  
Mr W G Sheppard Education Officer (Grade 1), BA  
Sqn Ldr F G Carroll BSc, ARCS  
Sqn Ldr A E Druett BSc (Eng), AMIME  
Sqn Ldr B J Lynch BSc, PhD, AMINA, AFRAeS  
Sqn Ldr A A McGregor BSc  
Sqn Ldr R F Pemberton MC, TD, MA  
Sqn Ldr R A Smith BSc  
Sqn Ldr E A Stockwell MA  
Sqn Ldr J A G Stuart BA  
Sqn Ldr G Tupholme    
Sqn Off M M Wade MBE, WAAF  
Flt Off D E Brown    
Flt Off R Cohu    
Flt Off P A Knatchbull-Huggessen    
Flt Off C M Weston    
Mr A Lake Staff Officer  
Miss M S Lee Acting Higher Clerical Officer  
Mr S C Drane Acting Higher Clerical Officer (on loan from another Government Dept)

Source - July 1947 Air Force List

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