1. Regulation of civil flying within the United Kingdom and administration of the provisions of the Air Navigation Act, 1920, and of the orders and directions issued in connection therewith.
2. Representation on the International Commission for Air Navigation and consideration of all matters connected with the International Air Convention and international flying.
3. Organization of civil air routes and administration of schemes of government assistance for their operation.
4. Administration of scheme of government assistance to light aeroplane clubs.
5. Inspection and organization of aerodromes for civil purposes, including their licensing; licensing and registration of aircraft, pilots and technical personnel employed in civil aviation.
6. Interchange of information relating to civil aeronautics within the Empire.
7. Collection, collation and issue of information of value to the aircraft industry.
8. Promotion of both the transport and constructional sides of civil aviation.

J A Weekly

Higher Clerical Officer (Act.).

Minutes of international and interdepartmental conferences initiated by the directorate.

Liaison with and duties in connection with the International Commission for Air Navigation and international civil aviation conferences.

Administration of financially assisted civil aviation services, including agreements with Imperial Airways, Ltd., and light aeroplane clubs.

Insurance questions affecting civil aviation agreements.

Liaison with central secretarial and finance divisions.

Issue of warrants for journeys on civil aviation duties by Imperial Airways' services.

W A Campbell

Higher Clerical Officer

Administration of government civil aerodromes, including accommodation for civil firms.

Licensing of civil aerodromes.

Administration of air routes and emergency landing grounds.

Administrative examination and licensing of personnel.

Registration and certification of aircraft.

Registers of pilots, ground engineers and aircraft.

Accounting for Air Ministry civil aircraft, engines and the provision of stores.

Allocation of RAF Reserve Officers to civil flying schools for training.

Preparation of " News Letter" for circulation to the Dominions and India.

Liaison with the Department of Overseas Trade and with the aircraft societies and industries.

Questions relating to exhibitions, lectures and information generally in regard to
civil aeronautics.

Preparation of fortnightly résumé of commercial and technical information and of
information for issue to the industries.

C B Collins

J L Woodford

Technical Assistant

Higher Clerical Officer (Acting)

Preparation, examination of and technical advice in regard to new aviation propositions at home and abroad.

Navigation; examination of navigators and technical examination of pilots; air survey, aeronautical maps and acoustical work.

Investigation and organisation of air routes.

Inspection of aerodromes.

Operation of, and provision of spares for Air Ministry civil aircraft.

Insurance questions concerned with experimental machines, equipment and instruments.

Compilation of records of aeronautical ground organization and preparation of material for Notices to Airmen and for the "Air Pilot."

Route directions and advice on routes to pilots.

Consideration of technical amendments of the International Air Convention in
connection with the above duties.

Vacant

Assistant Inspector

F S Wilkins

Capt, Investigating Officer

Collection, classification and record of all technical information, orders and notices bearing on the subject.

Classification of accidents

1. Preparation and issue of all official communications of the Air Council.
2. General control and co-ordination of Air Ministry procedure and of the conduct of official business in the Air Ministry.
3. Control of expenditure: major questions of finance and accounts.
4. Accounting Officer of Air Votes.
5. Air Ministry establishments and all questions affecting civil staff (including civil employees of the RAF).
6. Parliamentary and legal business.
7. International Law.
8. Domestic economy of the Air Ministry.
9. Duties connected with meetings of the Air Council.
10. General supervision through the Principal Assistant Secretaries an Director of Contracts of all functions performed by Secretarial Divisions and Contracts Directorate, and through the Deputy Secretary and Principal Assistant Secretaries, of all functions performed by the Finance Divisions and Accounts Directorate.
11. Administration of the Meteorological Office

In charge of S1, S2, S5 and F1

In charge of S8, S9, F3 and F4

In charge of S4, S6, S7, F2 and Press Section

1. HQ establishments and staff.
2. Appointments, promotions and superannuation of HQ civil staff.
3. Accommodation.
4. Office Memoranda.
5. Administrative Whitley Council.
6. Civil Decorations.

A J Camm

S Hudson

V C Mountfort

A Lawson

Staff Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Staff Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Establishments comprising Treasury classes.

Entry, pay, promotions, transfers and other staff matters affecting Treasury classes.

Superannuation questions (other than the Universities Scheme).

Office Memoranda

Establishments of RAF Officers and technical staff (other than DWB).

Proposals to attach RAF Officers to the Air Ministry.

Staff questions (including entry, pay, discharge, etc) affecting civil professional and technical classes other than works staff.

Vote 10 estimates and liability statement.

Universities Scheme of Superannuation.

Whitley Council work.

W F Jenkins

J C F Godfray

Assistant Administrative Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Pay, entry, discharge, insurance, etc of temporary administrative and clerical staff.

Pay sheets for weekly staff.

Personal records of all civil staff.

Leave questions affecting civil staff (permanent and temporary).

Payment of overtime.

Statistical returns.

Telephone directory.

Requisitions on HM Office of Works for minor maintenance repairs.

1. Civil appointments and establishments outside the Air Ministry.
2. Civil employees outside the Air Ministry.
3. Labour questions.

R E Bone

Higher Clerical Officer (Acting)

Establishments: appointments, pay, leave, superannuation, etc.

Records of staff.

Estimates.

Estimates for wages staff.

G M Haslam

P Wright,

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Establishments: questions relating to appointments, pay, leave, superannuation, etc; records of staff.

Estimates.

1. Legal questions.
2. International Law.
3. League of Nations.
4. Parliamentary work.
5. Records, etc of Committees.
6. Proclamations and Orders for emergencies.

Questions relating to colonial and foreign civil aviation.

Questions of private aerial law.

General legal questions.

Drafting of Orders-in-Council and King's Orders; amendment of the Air Force Act.

Co-ordination of League of Nations work affecting the Air Ministry.

1. Air Council work.
2. Cabinet papers.
3. Issue of photographs, lantern slides, etc.
4. Aerodrome passes.
5. Passports.
6. Correspondence with GPO on postal and  telegraphic matters.
7. Statistics.
8. Weekly and Confidential Orders and AM Publications.
9. Printing and stationery.
10. Registry.
11. Library.
12. Air Historical Branch.
13. Miscellaneous correspondence.

Editor of Weekly and Confidential Orders and publications.

Demands for stationery.

Custody and issue of Air Force forms.

Custody and issue of Air Publications.

General supervision of archives section.

T H Walsh

Higher Clerical Officer

H H Burch

Higher Clerical Officer

A H Rassell

Higher Clerical Officer (Acting)

Drafting memoranda for CAS, and if required, for directors.

Advice to CAS on administrative questions involving relations with other government departments.

W L Scott

Principal, DSC

1. Co-ordination and correspondence for Department of AMP
2. Conditions of service of regular officers and their application to individual cases.
3. Entry, retirement, etc, of regular officers and of cadets.
4. Miscellaneous questions concerning airmen.
5. Drafting of personnel regulations including King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the RAF
6. Conditions of service of and editing of regulations for Reserve, Special Reserve and AAF Entry, resignation etc, of officers of these Forces.
7. Officers' records and editing of Air Force List.
8. Honours and awards, decorations, medals.
9. Personnel statistics
10. Casualties.
11. Ceremonial.

Air Council letters regarding postings and selection for courses, etc.

Editing of King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the RAF

Voting of RAF personnel at Parliamentary elections.

Co-ordination of action on annual reports and inspection reports.

Revision of Manual of Air Force Law.

Drafting of personnel regulations and orders.

Entry of and questions concerning cadets and University candidates for general duties branch and candidates for stores, accountant and legal branches. .

Questions concerning aircraft apprentices and apprentice clerks.

Editing RAF section of London Gazette.

Dominion co-operation questions

Transfer of short service and seconded officers to permanent commissions; transfers between branches.

Extensions of short service commissions.

Promotion questions other than duties with Promotion Board.

Retirements etc., and transfers to reserve, except disciplinary exits.

Miscellaneous airmen questions, including discharges, remusterings, reclassifications and appointments to commissions.

Questions concerning ex-naval "ranker" officers under WO 138/20, etc.

Fleet Air Arm questions.

Issue of commission forms.

Interpreter and language questions.

Correspondence relating to Iraq and Palestine.

Dominion co-operation questions.

Permission to proceed abroad and passport questions.

Inspection and annual training reports.

E Bard

H P Grabasky

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer (Acting)

Secretarial duties for RAF Promotion and Selection Boards.

Disclosure of service information regarding airmen and ex-airmen.

Personnel statistics.

W Boddington,

Higher Clerical Officer

Conditions of service, entry, resignation, etc, of non-regular personnel generally.

Air Council letters on all non-regular personnel questions.

Personal records of non-regular officers.

Retired list.

Casualties.

Participation of RAF in ceremonials, including Levees and other Court functions; RAF Display; Royal Tournament; Band engagements; Air ADCs
and honorary appointments to the King.

Yeomen of the Guard.

See above

1. Duties for the Department of the Air Member for Supply and Research as laid down in Office Memorandum 114.
2. Stores accounting for the DTD and DSR

A R Moss

W R Douglas

Higher Clerical Officer

Preparation of Air Council letters and memoranda.

Estimates.

Liaison with central Secretarial divisions.

Movements of all aircraft and engines for experimental establishments.

B B Muckleston

C J Scouller

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Preparation of Air Council letters and memoranda.

Estimates.

Liaison with central Secretarial divisions.

Secretarial work of the Aircraft Storage and Aerodrome Equipment Committee.

Issue of all official communiqués and supply of information to Press.

Examination of home journals.

Bringing to notice of branches concerned enquiries or statements by the Press.

Arrangement of interviews.

Advice on the form of advertisements.

Application for permits to visit RAF stations for the purpose of reporting, photographing or filming events, machines, etc.

Arrangements for attendance of press and cinema representatives at demonstrations, conferences, etc., as required.

The page (15) showing details of F1 and the start of F2 (FP and part of FP (a)) is missing from the 1927 edition and the entries below are those of 1926.

1. Estimates.
2. General finance questions.
3. Financial relations with other Governments and Departments.
4. Workmen's compensation.
5. Third party claims.

S J S Bridgeman

Higher Clerical Officer

Watching the course of expenditure of Air Votes.

C V Burlton

Higher Clerical Officer

Provision of funds abroad.

Rates of exchange questions.

Financial questions relating to maps, postage, telephonic, telegraphic and cable charges, advertisments , etc.

Miscellaneous payments and receipts.

Pay of RAF Nursing Service.

Fees to lecturers, civil medical practitioners and dental surgeons, members of Medical Advisory Board, RAF Nursing Service Advisory Board and Aeronautical Research Committee.

Compensation for loss of kit.

Payment of funeral expenses.

1. Pay and allowances of officers and airmen.
2. Non effective emoluments of officers and airmen, including pensions to widows and allowances to children and dependents of officers and airmen deceased.

J R Smyth

Emoluments and special conditions of service of

1. Naval officers attached to the RAF for service with the Fleet Air Arm.
2. RAF officers on the Indian Establishment or seconded to Dominion or Foreign Governments and to other services (Navy, Army, Civil and Colonial)
3. Indian Army officers serving in Iraq
4. Officers of other services and Governments seconded to the RAF

Special questions relating to the emoluments and conditions of service of retired officers re-employed and of temporary officers employed during a national emergency.

Pay, allowances and conditions of service of Flight Cadets and educational fees at the Cadet College.

Language grants; exchange compensation for loss of pay; leave and sick leave.

Effective emoluments and conditions of service of officers of the RAF Reserve, Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force; establishment and administrative grants to Territorial Army and Air Force Associations; miscellaneous financial questions relating to University air squadrons.

Health, pensions and unemployment insurance.

Discharge by purchase.

Service gratuities.

Payments in connection with good conduct badges and medals.

Band funds.

Effective emoluments and conditions of service of airmen of the RAF Reserve, Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force.

Pensions and allowances to widows, children and dependents of officers.

Liaison with Ministry of Pensions in war pension cases.

Administration of grants for the Relief Fund.

W Williams

Higher Clerical Officer

Liaison with Ministry of Pensions in war pensions cases.

1. Finance questions relating to rations, fuel, barrack services, hospital and medical treatment, transport, travelling, subsistence, works, buildings and lands.
2. Preparation of Estimates for above services.

Claims against railway companies for stores loss or damaged in transit.

Ocean transport of personnel and stores.

Financial investigation of proposals for works services; consideration of scales of accommodation and financial clauses of regulations, etc, relating to works services; works expenditure abroad.

Classification of works expenditure.

Notes, explanations, etc for appropriation account.

Investigation of claims for compensation in respect of occupation of lands and buildings.

Proposals for lettings of lands and buildings and expenditure in connection with revenue producing estate.

Investigation of proposals for purchase of lands and buildings.

1. Finance questions and estimates relating to technical and warlike stores and non-technical stores, and Experimental and Research Services, including RAE Farnborough.
2. Claims against or by other government departments, India and Foreign Governments, and contractors in respect of stores or of services rendered.
3. Record of expenditure and preparation of annual claim against Colonial Office in respect of issues to Iraq and Palestine.
4. Payment of bills and claims in respect of stores, civil aviation subsidies, etc.
5. Finance questions and estimates as to civil aviation.
6. Investigation of books and accounts of contractors and subsidised firms, etc.

Financial questions connected with civil aviation.

General supervision of FM (c) and (d).

Basis of claims for inspection services, loans of equipment and repayment issues generally.

F Cain

C Bransgrove

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Examination and authorisation of demands for expenditure for these services.

Record and comparison with estimates of commitments and expenditure: monthly financial statements.

Explanations for appropriation account.

Preparation of annual claim against Colonial Office in respect of issues to Iraq and Palestine.

Preparation of claims against other government departments, India colonial and foreign governments, and contractors, etc for services rendered and technical and warlike stores supplied by the Air Ministry.

Inter-vote adjustments on account of transfers of such stores.

H J N Mattock

Higher Clerical Officer

Airship estimates (Vote 3 N and O).

Examination and authorisation of demands for expenditure for these services.

Criticism of schemes of expenditure connected with the above.

Questions relating to the Quarterly Clothing Allowance.

Clothing grant for AAF Regulations as to clothing, furniture, etc.

Record of expenditure and comparison with estimates.

Preparation of financial statements.

Claims against or by other government departments, India, etc in connection with the issue of non-technical stores.

Examination and payment of bills for such stores.

Explanations for the appropriation account.

1. Preparation of Parliamentary Accounts; general questions affecting public accounts and system of accounting.
2. Air Ministry cash payments and receipts.
3. RAF accounting organisation and procedure (in consultation with the Service Directors concerned).
4. Audit of RAF and cash and stores accounts.
5. Accounting procedure, and audit of accounts, of Air Ministry depots and establishments.
6. Costing of RAF units and services.
7. Issue of marriage allowance and allotments of pay.  Effects and certain classes of pensions.
8. Control of overseas audit offices.

Compilation of appropriation account.

Accounting procedure.

Banking questions.

Receipt and custody of cash remitted to Air Ministry.

Central register of Exchequer and Audit Department observations.

Records of personal imprests.

Paymaster General's account of receipts and payments.

Details of branch suspense accounts and other subsidiary ledger accounts.

Record of "writes-off " submitted to Treasury.

Notes for appropriation account.

Reconciliation of pay officers' advances.

Cash payments and payment of salaries.

Payments by money order and postal draft.

Checking of salary registers.

Liability statements.

Appeals.

Correspondence with Inland Revenue.

Preparation of regulations.

Appeals.

Examination and audit of agents' and sub-contractors' income tax accounts and correspondence connected therewith.

Consideration of cases involving discretionary powers of Air Council.

Payment of airmen's pensions, widows' pensions and disability gratuities.

E A Pearse

Assistant Accounts Officer

Statistical return of payments made and numbers and types of cases in issue.

Issue of imprests to Agents.

Editing observations raised on these services in the accounts of RAF agents, accountant officers and HM Paymaster General.

Miscellaneous correspondence.

Approval of last issue of pay, and final payment of allowances to officers leaving the Service.

Audit of pay, allowances, etc., of officers of the Reserve, Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force.

Effects work.

Recovery of claims against officers.

Approval of cash issues to accountant officers at home and miscellaneous imprest holders, with the exception of those administered by Accounts 5, and personal travelling imprests.

General questions of RAF cash accounting procedure and progress under Station Accounting System.

Maintenance of record of allowances and disallowances raised in cash accounts; monthly abstract of unit expenditure and receipts classified under vote headings.

Examination and audit of cash accounts.

Clearance of credits and charges to other ledger accounts than Air Ministry votes and preparation of final booking statements for Accounts 1.

Audit of pay of civilian employees, postage and other miscellaneous charges arising out of imprest accounts administered by Accounts 3.

Scrutiny of ledgers.

Audit of Reserve pay issued to airmen from Record Office.

Investigation of claims and complaints of discharged airmen in relation to their accounts.

Examination of cash account vouchers relating to pay ledgers (home units).

E E Butler

Assistant Accounts Officer

Correspondence with Air Force units and branches of the Air Ministry on hospital stoppages.

Audit of Auxiliary Air Force and Special Reserve pay ledgers.

Investigation of debtor balances on airmen's accounts submitted for write-off.

Forecast of receipts and expenditure in connection with pay ledger services.

Preparation of ration claims against Admiralty for rations issued to RN ratings by RAF and examination of claims from Admiralty for rations supplied to airmen by RN Transfer of balances of airmen's accounts on posting to and from India and the
suspense accounts relating thereto.

Programme of audit; preparation and settlement of observations on stores and ration accounts; correspondence in connection therewith.

Losses of equipment (except overissues) belonging to Air Votes 2 and 3.

Amendments and additions to regulations and instructions affecting stores and ration accounts.

Minor amendments of, and draft instructions for embodiment in, regulations and
instructions affecting stores accounts.

W S Facon

T J Gahagan

R E Meeks

G D O'Hanlon

R C Pearce

E C Robinson

H H Vincent

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

E J Charman

J B Grieve

D F Winter

Assistant Accounts Officer

Accountant

Assistant Accounts Officer

General questions.

E E Crouch

F Jackson

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

H P Blyth

R A Caswell

R S Gibbs

K J Henderson

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

C Bennett

A C Boddis

T E Hodge

L S Martin

R H Phillips

W L Potter

N W Woodford

Accounts Officer (Acting)

Accounts Officer (Acting)

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

V J Mitchell

W C G Bailey

C Cook

B C Holmer

G A L Jaques

Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

Assistant Accounts Officer

A W Keen

A W Isherwood

Assistant Contract Officer

Assistant Contract Officer (Acting)

G M Manby

F J Priest

Assistant Contract Officer

Assistant Contract Officer

Contracts for barrack equipment; aerodrome equipment (other than engineering and beacons); leather goods; medical and surgical stores; drawing instruments; asbestos materials; beaver boards and similar boarding; cordage and rope (except Admiralty supplies), binding and sash cord; indiarubber sheeting; road-making apparatus; lifting and haulage tackle.

F R Barnicoat

Assistant Contract Officer

A W Savage

S L Heal

Assistant Contract Officer

Assistant Contract Officer

O L H Levey

H S Humphreys

Assistant Contract Officer

Assistant Contract Officer

Electrical materials. Meteorological instruments, scientific apparatus; beacons, flagstaffs; altimeters, clinometers, flowmeters, pitot heads, pressure gauges, thermometers, sextants; bomb sights and rangefinders; calculators, indicators and levels; electrical cables; speaking tubes.

A C Day

Examiner

Motors for power purposes and spares; fixed machinery and spares; locomotives and rolling stock, steam rollers; boilers (including domestic); disinfecting apparatus (not portable); fire hydrants and fittings, fire pumps, alarms and extinguishers (requiring actual installation); lifts.

Contracts for building materials (general); breeze blocks for partition walls; bricks, tiles, slates, slate slabs for latrines; fire bricks and fireclay; gratings (cast iron), manhole covers; road materials (granite chippings, etc.); timber (other than aeronautical and plywood); packing cases (wood only), wood paving; cisterns, cylinders, pipes (stoneware), glass.

G A Ogg

Assistant Contract Officer

H C Vogt

Assistant Contract Officer

Special finance work connected with production duties of Contracts 5 for the above supplies.

Contracts for airship components and complete parts; winches and ground equipment for airships; parachutes, balloons.

Vacant

Assistant Contract Officer

T B Ringwood

J Matthewson,

G Penna

F W Potts,

Technical Cost Officer

Assistant Technical Cost Officer

Assistant Technical Cost Officer, MC

Assistant Technical Cost Officer, DCM

J F Anstead

W A Phillips

F Nixon

A Minchin

Staff Clerk

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer, MBE

Claims in respect of damage to adjoining property by user of Air Ministry estate.

Rates, taxes, tithes and cognate questions.

Preparation of bye-laws for air ranges, camps and aerodromes.

Examination of the effect of Parliamentary Bills and of schemes promoted by municipal and other local authorities on Air Ministry proprietary interests.

Legal business other than conveyancing, connected with above and similar questions.

S H Bransby

Technical Examiner (Lands)

Examination of draft deeds, etc, relating to lands.

Custody of property statements and records of Air Ministry lands.

Tithe redemptions.

R W Davies

W W Palmer

H A Adams

G G Paul

C Fish

R P Dent

A H Pitman

Capt, Chief Lands Officer and Supervising Valuer

Supervising Valuer

Capt, Assistant Valuer

Capt, Assistant Valuer

Capt, Assistant Valuer

Assistant Valuer

Assistant Valuer

Assessment of compensation arising out of occupation of land and buildings under Defence of Realm powers or by agreement.

Civil Aviation Lands questions.

Disposal of RAF stations and purchasing of permanent aerodromes.

Maintenance of sites for aerodromes and landing grounds.

Arrangements for grazing, seeding, grass cutting and rolling on all RAF stations.

Records and plans of lands taken for RAF

Investigation of claims arising from forced landings and accidents by RAF transport (other than personal injury).

• Organisation, collection and distribution of meteorological, magnetic and seismological information from all parts of the world.
• Organisation and direction of research in geophysical subjects at observatories and outstations.
• Weather statistics and records

* Under the Secretary for administrative purposes.

E W Barlow

J Hennessey

H Keeton

Capt, Senior Professional Assistant

Cdr, Senior Professional Assistant, RNR (Ret'd), RD

Grade I Clerk

Organization and control of voluntary corps of marine observers, Port Meteorological Office, Liverpool, and marine agencies.

E V Newnham

J Crichton

C K M Douglas

L D Sawyer

L F Lewis

S C Russell

F H Dight

W Hayes

Assistant Superintendent

Assistant Superintendent

Capt, Assistant Superintendent

Miss, Senior Professional Assistant

Miss, Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant

Grade I Clerk

C E P Brooks

C S Durst,

E H Geake

T W V Jones

A T Bench

Senior Professional Assistant

Miss, Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant (Acting)

Grade I Clerk

Editorial work in connection with professional notes and memoirs of the Meteorological  Magazine.

Care of Meteorological Office Library and museum and exchange of publications with British and Foreign institutions.

J E Belaseo

P N Skelton

Senior Professional Assistant (Test Section)

Grade I Clerk (Accounting Section)

Store accounting for all supplies, (technical and domestic) to Meteorological Office
stations.

 Issue of and accounting for Meteorological instruments to HM ships and observing ships of the Mercantile Marine.

Organisation and control of the meteorological outstations at Larkhill and Shoeburyness and the meteorological staff at Porton.

Organisation and control of Meteorological Office distributive stations.

Enquires for meteorological data in connection with aviation.

W C Kaye

R H Matthews

S T A Mirrlees

S F Whitcombe

Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant

Enquires for weather reports and forecasts for aviation.

M T Spence

P I Mulholland

J Glasspoole

A C W Howard

Assistant Superintendent

Senior Professional Assistant

Senior Professional Assistant

Grade I Clerk

Advisory work in connection with all questions relating to rainfall (British Rainfall Organization)

J B Proper

1. All questions of air policy.
2. Advice to His Majesty's Government on the conduct of air operations, and the issue of orders in regard thereto.
3. Fighting efficiency and organisation of the RAF
4. Inspection of the RAF
5. All questions of policy in connection with the raising, equipment, distribution and maintenance in personnel and material of the RAF
6. Collection of Intelligence.
7. RAF Works Services.

Drafting memoranda for CAS, and if required, for directors.

Advice to CAS on administrative questions involving relations with other government departments.

1. Plans and orders for air operations and Home Defence.
2. Examination of demands for aircraft required for naval and military purposes.
3. Air Staff requirements for aircraft and equipment.
4. Collection and distribution of air intelligence.
5. Direction of Air Attachés.
6. Internal security.
7. Liaison with government departments as regards air policy, operations and intelligence.

(Assistance given by Sqn F P Don - see AI 3 (a))

(Supervision ex-enemy countries.)

C H B Blount

Norman H Bottomley

Sqn Ldr, AFC

Appreciations in connection with air strategy or policy in connection with future possible operations (excluding Home Defence).

Policy in connection with Imperial Defence, strategic air routes, Dominion Air Forces, airships, combined operations and coast defence.

Air Staff questions concerning mobilization and War Book.

Prohibited areas.

Examination of specifications and service trials of land and pilotless aeroplanes.

Air Staff questions on engines, superchargers and propellers.

Flying clothing and equipment.

Siting of wireless stations.

Air Staff questions in connection with Imperial Communications Committee; liaison with GPO

Civil emergency schemes; liaison with the Home and Scottish Offices.

Overhead cables; liaison with Electricity Commissioners.

Air Staff questions in connection with maps.

H E F Wyncoll

Technical reports from commands.

Reports on visibility of objects under water.

Air Staff questions concerning instruments (except bomb-sights).

Tactical co-operation with the Army and operational questions concerning Expeditionary Forces, as referred by DOSD

Air Staff questions concerning photography and air survey.

Organisation of Intelligence Services.

Correspondence and dealings with Air Attachés, and missions abroad.

Foreign Liaison Officer.

Internal security.

Russia, Siberia, Caucasia, Holland, Turkestan, Scandinavia, Denmark, Baltic States and Poland.

W W Popplewell

Lt, Admin Assistant

Receipt and issue of maps (aeronautical, War Office and Ordnance Survey) and Admiralty charts; preparation of sketch maps and diagrams, lecture maps, lantern slides, etc.

Map mounting.

Accounting for cost of maps and charts; regulations for the supply of maps and charts to RAF units; communication with civil cartographic firms; map and chart library.

1. Organisation of the RAF
2. Establishments (peace and peace).
3. Formation of units.
4. Mobilisation arrangements.
5. Equipment policy.
6. Orders for movements.
7. Staff College.
8. Army and Navy Co-operation.
9. RAF Signals
10. Air Organisation Memoranda.

Deputy Directorate of Organisation (DDO)

A B Burdett

Development, organisation and distribution of the Air Force at home and abroad, including Special Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force.

General policy questions regarding works and lands services.

Accommodation policy.

Recreational facilities.

Miscellaneous orders and instructions.

B E Harrison

Sqn Ldr, AFC

Organisation, establishment and distribution of units working with the Navy at home and abroad.

Policy in regard to pattern, scale and priority of issue respecting aircraft of such units and their equipment.

General questions affecting units working with the Navy.

Reports from aircraft carriers.

Questions of a non-technical nature.

Supervision of clerical staff of directorate.

Establishments Committee.

E W Broadberry

Flt Lt, MC

Deputy Directorate of Staff Duties (DDSD)

S C Strafford

Flt Lt, DFC

R H Peck

M Thomas

T F W Thompson,

Sqn Ldr, OBE

Sqn Ldr, DFC, AFC

Flt Lt, DFC

Distribution and revision of forms.

Distribution of Air Staff Memoranda.

Supervision of distribution lists

Liaison with RAF Staff College.

Staff College qualifying examination.

Liaison with RAF officers on staff courses.

Publication of Orders concerning aerodrome obstructions.

Interchange of Liaison letters with the Dominions.

Promotion examinations.

Memorial prizes.

Air Ministry quarterly confidential report.

Scrutiny of lectures and articles for publication.

Liaison with Imperial Defence College.

J R Bell,

H Edwards

Flt Lt

Flt Lt

Canadian liaison officer.

Administration of Oxford and Cambridge University Air Squadrons.

Liaison with public schools.

1. The responsibility for aircraft electrical apparatus, maintenance and operation, as far as the Air Ministry is concerned, is now vested in the Signals Branch.
2. As from the date of this memorandum, the Signals Branch will be organized in two sections only instead of in six sections as heretofore. Signals 1 will comprise the sections formerly numbered 3 to 6 and Signals 2 the sections formerly numbered 1 and 2.
3. The revised list of staff and distribution of duties are as follow: -

Co-ordination of home, overseas and civil aviation signals.

Co-ordination of questions of personnel, material, training, research and introduction of new apparatus.

Liaison with other Government departments.

Wireless Telegraphy Board, Visual Board, Land-Line Telegraph Board.

Signal manuals.

Landline questions, RAF and civil aviation.

Telegraphic addresses.

Air Ministry communication room and telephone room.

Code and cypher questions.

Custody and issue of signal books.

Confidential communication orders.

Liaison with Government Code and Cypher School.

Wireless call signs.

C B Carr

Junior Assistant

Personnel and material.

Responsibility for type of installation, layout and erection of civil wireless stations.

Civil meteorological signal organizations.

Advice on and approval of wireless apparatus and installation in civil aircraft.

Preparation and revision of civil signal publications. Liaison with foreign civil aviation administrations.

Preparation of papers in connection with Imperial Communications Committee.

International Commission for Air Navigation, International civil aviation conferences, etc.

RAF meteorological signal organisation.

Wireless intelligence. Examination of W/T layout in new service aircraft.

Wireless Telegraphy Board.

Inland Area and Army co-operation signal organisation.

Questions affecting service signal personnel.

Royal Engineer Board Signals Committee.

Directorate of Works and Buildings (DWB)

Maj-Gen, KCMG, CB

1. All questions affecting RAF works at home and abroad.
2. RAF lands and hirings.
3. Electrical, water, gas and drainage services.
4. Provision, custody and issue of works' stores and materials, and of machine tools and machinery for RAF workshops.
5. Administration of works' Vote

Deputy Directorate of Works and Buildings (DDW)

WB Airships and Engineering Design

R A West

Assistant Civil Engineer (Acting), MRSan.I

WB3

O W Wright

F J Toop

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Assistant Civil Engineer (Acting)

Assistant Civil Engineer (Acting), ARIBA

Assistant Civil Engineer

Scales of accommodation.

Type and contract drawings.

Specifications.

Record plans.

WB5

Control of civilian personnel.

Staff movements.

Labour questions.

WB6

Design and inspection of sanitation and petrol storage and supply systems at all stations and works questions in connection therewith.

Building Committee

Preparation of schemes, lay-outs and schedules for RAF Building Committee.

Chief Surveyor

WB4 (a)

G A Hammond

F O Farrell

WS Owen

Assistant Surveyor, FSI

Assistant Surveyor

Assistant Surveyor, MA, PASI, FRIBA

WB4 (b)

H T T W Miller

Assistant Surveyor

Shipping of stores for abroad.

WB4 (c)

Inspection and test measurement of works in progress.

Co-ordination of schedule rates and systems of measurements.

Assistant Directorate of Works and Buildings - Home Stations (ADW (H))

Adaptation of type designs to meet local requirements.

WB1

L E Sawyer

A S Wood

E Wakeford

Capt, Civil Engineer (Acting),

Assistant Civil Engineer (Acting), LRIBA

Assistant Civil Engineer

• Coastal District;
• South Western District;
• North Western District ;
• Halton;
• Cranwell.

WB2

S Empsall

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Capt, Civil Engineer (Acting), L R I B A, ARSan.I

Assistant Civil Engineer

Assistant Civil Engineer

• South Eastern District;
• North Eastern District;
• unoccupied stations.

Assistant Directorate of Works and Buildings - Foreign Stations (ADW (F))

Adaptation of type designs to meet local requirements.

Lands.

Stores and accounts.

Statistics.

WB7

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A E G Collins

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Civil Engineer

Assistant Civil Engineer

Assistant Civil Engineer

• Middle East,
• Palestine,
• Iraq,
• Malta
• Singapore.

WB8

Lands; land transport; record plans, etc.

WB9

Financial returns and forecast of expenditure.

Allotments and estimates.

WB10

H Booker

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, MBE, AMIMar.E

Progress reports.

Allotment of funds.

Annual estimates.

Specifications and contract particulars for electrical stores.

Electrical vocabulary.

Term contracts.

Representation on Government standardisation committee for fittings and cables.

WB11

Special electrical-mechanical plant.

L B Hobgen

Assistant Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, AMIEE

Electrical plant for other directorates.

Special wireless plant.

Supply agreements.

Representation on inter-departmental committees for electrical plant.

WB12

Periodical testing of plant.

Costing of electricity and water installations.

D J Walker

Assistant Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Machine tools.

Special mechanical apparatus and plant.

Water-supply schemes and plant.

Water-supply agreements.

WB13

Design and provision of heating and ventilating plant.

1. Maintenance of RAF in officers and airmen and provision of authorise reserves of personnel.
2. Training of the RAF
3. Discipline of the RAF
4. Ceremonial.
5. Honours and awards.
6. Records of officers and airmen.
7. RAF Medical Service.
8. Chaplains.
9. Liaison with Admiralty, War Office, Colonial Office and India Office on personnel questions.
10. Administration of personnel vote.

W L Scott

Principal, DSC

1. Co-ordination and correspondence for Department of AMP
2. Conditions of service of regular officers and their application to individual cases.
3. Entry, retirement, etc, of regular officers and of cadets.
4. Miscellaneous questions concerning airmen.
5. Drafting of personnel regulations including King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the RAF
6. Conditions of service of and editing of regulations for Reserve, Special Reserve and AAF Entry, resignation etc, of officers of these Forces.
7. Officers' records and editing of Air Force List.
8. Honours and awards, decorations, medals.
9. Personnel statistics
10. Casualties.
11. Ceremonial.

Air Council letters regarding postings and selection for courses, etc.

Editing of King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the RAF

Voting of RAF personnel at Parliamentary elections.

Co-ordination of action on annual reports and inspection reports.

Revision of Manual of Air Force Law.

Drafting of personnel regulations and orders.

Entry of and questions concerning cadets and University candidates for general duties branch and candidates for stores, accountant and legal branches. .

Questions concerning aircraft apprentices and apprentice clerks.

Editing RAF section of London Gazette.

Dominion co-operation questions

Transfer of short service and seconded officers to permanent commissions; transfers between branches.

Extensions of short service commissions.

Promotion questions other than duties with Promotion Board.

Retirements etc., and transfers to reserve, except disciplinary exits.

Miscellaneous airmen questions, including discharges, remusterings, reclassifications and appointments to commissions.

Questions concerning ex-naval "ranker" officers under WO 138/20, etc.

Fleet Air Arm questions.

Issue of commission forms.

Interpreter and language questions.

Correspondence relating to Iraq and Palestine.

Dominion co-operation questions.

Permission to proceed abroad and passport questions.

Inspection and annual training reports.

E Bard

H P Grabasky

Higher Clerical Officer

Higher Clerical Officer (Acting)

Secretarial duties for RAF Promotion and Selection Boards.

Disclosure of service information regarding airmen and ex-airmen.

Personnel statistics.

W Boddington,

Higher Clerical Officer

Conditions of service, entry, resignation, etc, of non-regular personnel generally.

Air Council letters on all non-regular personnel questions.

Personal records of non-regular officers.

Retired list.

Casualties.

Participation of RAF in ceremonials, including Levees and other Court functions; RAF Display; Royal Tournament; Band engagements; Air ADCs
and honorary appointments to the King.

Yeomen of the Guard.

Directorate of Training (D of T)

1. Flying and ground training of RAF personnel.
2. Education of RAF personnel; civilian educational staff.
3. Training of Reserve Officers.
4. Training of Auxiliary Air Force and Special Reserve Squadrons.
5. Circulation of training reports and co-ordination of action thereon.
6. Examination of flying accident reports and courts of inquiry on flying, airscrew and parachute accidents.
7. RAF Display from the training aspect.
8. Entry of aircraft apprentices

Anthony L Paxton

Flt Lt, DFC

Training of flying instructors.

Posting of pilots after completion of ab-initio flying training, in liaison with DPS (P3).

Co-ordination of action on flying, airscrew and parachute accidents.

Reserve training.

Flying regulations.

Enquiries and action concerning missing aircraft,

E B Grenfell

Flt Lt, AFC

Air bombing and gunnery training.

Musketry training.

Air gunnery and bombing ranges.

G H Harrison,

Flt Lt, DFC

Flying drill and tactics in conjunction with DOI

Parachute training; balloon training; RAF Display.

G M Bryer

Flt Lt, OBE, AFC

Training of fleet observers.

Posting of Fleet Air Arm and coastal reconnaissance pilots after completion of shore training, in liaison with DPS (P3).

Deputy Directorate of Training (DDT)

H Nelson

Flt Lt

Ground training of cadets.

Promotion examinations for NCO's.

Liaison with Reception Depot.

Foot drill and physical training.

Educational Adviser (AE)

Area education scheme - policy and organisation.

Educational examinations-regulations, question papers, result lists.

Educational syllabuses.

Tutorial courses.

Educational side of courses for officers, airmen and apprentices.

Classroom and laboratory accommodation.

Entry of aircraft apprentices.

Limited competition examination.

Liaison with educational authorities (including attendance at school of airmen's children).

Deputy to the Education Adviser

Matters relating to organisation of station libraries.

Arrangements for attendance of officers at university courses.

SSC officers - preparation for civil employment.

Annual estimates.

Routine correspondence and arrangements for entry examination for aircraft apprentices.

Despatch of examination question papers to centres (for all educational examinations).

Despatch and records of tutorial courses.

1. Transfers, posting, promotions, discharges, retirements.
2. Personal questions affecting officers, and  cadets.
3. Discipline.
4. Honours and awards.

A L Chick

Flt Lt, AFC

All discipline questions.

Courts of inquiry

Order of dress.

Funerals.

Discharges and removals for misconduct.

RAF central band; voluntary band fund.

RAF service police and liaison with civil and military police.

Regulations regarding detention barracks.

A N Benge

A H Pearce

W R Castings

L J Banford

Sqn Ldr

Flt Lt, DFC

Flt Lt, MBE

Higher Clerical Officer

Posting of officers and airmen pilots.

Posting to and from the Reserve, retirement and half-pay.

Selection for courses.

Overseas roster.

Compilation of Air Ministry posting list.

Selection Board for candidates for commissions.

Medical Boards.

Chaplains other than C of E

Individual cases of pay, pensions and allowances.

1. Manning requirements of the RAF
2. Recruiting policy.
3. Terms and conditions of service of airmen.
4. Entry of airmen, aircraft apprentices and apprentice clerks.
5. General principles in regard to pay, pensions and allowances and of transfers from other services.
6. Estimates.
7. Regulations and publications.
8. Laying down of married establishment.

K L Harris

S J Bailey

Flt Lt

Fg Off

Entry of airmen, aircraft apprentices and and apprentice clerks.

Regulations and publications.

Personal questions affecting airmen.

Postings, promotions and remusterings.

Transfers to Reserve and discharge.

Selection of airman pilots.

Control of RAF Record Office.

Married establishment. Reengagements and extensions of service.

General principles and individual cases of pay, pensions and allowances.

Transfers from other services.

Good conduct badges.

Recruiting programme - officers and airmen.

Estimates

Directorate of RAF Medical Services (DMS)

Civilian medical practitioners, new contracts and renewals.

Confidential reports.

Pay and allowances of medical officers.

Medical establishments and overseas organisation.

General questions relating to medical establishments.

Questions relating to medical personnel for civil aviation.

W E Hodgins

Sqn Ldr, MB

Hospitals and sick quarters.

Disability claims.

Medical and appeal boards.

Scrutiny of reports of all medical boards.

Claims for medical practitioners.

Medical examinations and standards of physical fitness of civil pilots.

Standards of medical fitness for officers, airmen and cadets.

Medical records and statistics.

Preparation of annual health report.

Preparation of annual estimates for medical stores.

First-aid equipment for civil aerodromes.

Civil aviation medical statistics.

Medical equipment of ambulances (air and ground).

Medical libraries.

Questions relating to supply and accounting for medical stores.

Medical records and statistics.

Drafting letters connected with medical returns and statistics.

Sanitation.

Advisory sanitary officer.

All questions (service and civil) relating to rations and water supply.

Infectious and contagious diseases.

Scrutiny of and advice on all plans for new building, sites, etc.

C Cameron

Miss, Matron, ARRC

Conditions of service - entry, retirement, pay, allowances, leave, uniforms, etc.

Drafting and revision of personnel regulations.

Nursing establishments, supervision of nursing arrangements.

Selection board for candidates.

Posting and promotion.

Personal records.

Personnel statistics.

Training of Voluntary Aid Detachment members.

Accommodation and other general matters relating to the Nursing Service.

Adviser to DMS on all dental questions.