Secretarial Divisions

Department of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air - Secretarial Divisions

Name	Status	Role/Duties
HQ establishments (service and civilian - other than technical, meteorological and educational staff). Civil aviation establishments and staff (including Signals staff) at HQ and outstations. Appointments, promotions, conditions of service, etc of HQ civilian staff referred to in paras 1 and 2 above. Leave, pay, overtime, records of service and discipline of civilian HQ staff, other than technical, meteorological and educational staff. Superannuation of all civilian staff at HQs and outstations (other than staff under the FSSU) and gratuities to unestablished staff (other than outstation industrial staff). Office Instructions, Staff Handbook, and 'Distribution of Duties'. Administrative Whitley Council. Registry, RCS and Archives. Common services: - Typing, Duplicating, Welfare, Messengers, Cleaners.
I V H Campbell	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division Member - Official Side of the Departmental Whitley Committee.
W J Walder	Principal	Control of S 1 (Harrogate), S 1 (Accounts) and Registry (Harrogate) Acts on behalf of the Head of S 2 in regard to billeting and accommodation questions.
A Lawson	Principal	Control of S 1 (a), S 1 (b) and Typing and Duplicating Services. (AL22) Control of S 1 (a) and S 1 (b) (AL33)
Vacant (AL22)	Principal	Control of S 1 (e), S 1 (f), and S 1 (h). Registry and Registry Circulation Services.
F Denny (AL33)	Principal	Control of S 1 (e), S 1 (f), and S 1 (h), Registry Circulation Services and Typing and Duplicating Services.
J R Salter	Principal	Control of S 1 (c) and S 1 (d). (AL26) Control of S 1 (c) and S 1 (d) and S 1 (Records). (AL29 & AL33)
A W Wray	Assistant Administrative Officer	For duties see S 1 (e). (AL26 & AL29) Assistance in control of S 1 (e). (AL33) Secretary - Official Side of the Departmental Whitley Committee.
Miss R Beresford	Temporary Administrative Assistant	For duties see S 1 (g) (AL26) For duties see S 1 (f) (AL29) For duties see S 1 (g) (AL33) In charge of S 1 (Mobile Section).
H W Woodruff	Senior Staff Officer	For duties see S 1 (f) (AL26) For duties see S 1 (g) (AL29)
G Ramsay		Chief Registrar
S 1 (a)
M Innes A J Symonds	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, appointment, postings and transfers of staff above the rank of Clerical Officer. Overseas postings. Promotion - all grades other than messengers. Seniority questions. Questions relating to the application of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, etc and the release of women for service with the Women's Auxiliary Services, etc.
S 1 (b) (AL26 & AL29)
Mrs C B Kitcat A W Parkin	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	General questions relating to typing and duplicating staffs. Special appointments. Staff loaned from other Government Departments. Posting and transfer of clerical staff below the rank of Higher Clerical Officer. Reports on Temporary Clerks.
Miss F E Littlejohn	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment and appointment of clerical staff and of messengers and cleaners. Posting of clerical staff. Appointment, but not recruitment of typing and duplicating staff. Resignations, etc. Re-appointment, after marriage, of established staff. Upgrading of Temporary Clerks.
S 1 (b) (AL33)
Mrs C B Kitcat A W Parkin	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Special appointments. Staff loaned from other Government Departments. Transfer of clerical staff below the rank of Higher Clerical Officer. Reinstaements. Reports on Temporary Clerks.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment and appointment of clerical staff and of Messengers and Cleaners. Posting of clerical staff. Appointment, but not recruitment of typing and duplicating staff. Resignations, etc. Re-appointment, after marriage, of established staff. Upgrading of Temporary Clerks.
S 1 (c)
T Turner	Staff Officer	Head of Section Personal staff questions other than discipline. Joint Secretary - Air Ministry Committee, Civil Service War Distress Fund.
J J Williams	Higher Clerical Officer	Overtime claims and related questions, excluding authorisation of overtime. S 1 Suspense Account No 2. Tea and milk permits.
Miss E M Thomas	Higher Clerical Officer	Pay questions. Balance of Civil Pay of Staff serving with HM Forces. Issue of Meal Vouchers to juveniles under 16. Claims from Government Departments in respect of loaned staff.
Miss M V Wibberley	Higher Clerical Officer	Superannuation (other than FSSU). Estimates (Vote 11C/11H and 11J) and liability statements. Emergency work in connection with air raid casualties.
S 1 (d)
L E Joyce	Staff Officer	Head of Section Estimates (Vote 10) and liability statements. Disciplinary questions.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch staff returns: statistical returns of HQ strength. Registrations under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, Employment Act 1941 and the Boys and Girls Order 1941. Issue of Air Ministry HQ passes.
S 1 (Records)
A W Jenvey Miss E F Musto	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Leave questions (sick, special, annual, etc). Personal Records of all grades. Preparation of Annual Confidential Report forms. "Essential Staff" Records Travelling concessions for detached staff serving in London. Sick leave statistics. Collection of data for payment of claims under Workmen's Compensation Act.
S 1 (e) (AL22)
A W Wray	Assistant Administrative Officer	Head of Section Service establishments in AMSO and AMP. Civilian establishments (HCO and above) in AMSO, AMP, Secretariat Divisions (except S 6 and S 8), D of A (including overseas Audit) and D of C (AM) and the Finance Divisions.
H E Coplestone	Higher Clerical Officer	Establishments of DGCA, DD of S (2) and civil aviation outstations staff (excluding industrial staff). Recruitment, pay, postings and other personal questions in connection with the above staff.
S 1 (e) (AL33)
H E Coplestone	Staff Officer	Establishments of DGCA, DD of S (2) and civil aviation outstations staff (excluding industrial staff). Recruitment, pay, postings and other personal questions in connection with the above staff.
S 1 (e) (OI) (AL33)
Miss J M Briggs	Higher Clerical Officer	Editing and issues of the following Air Ministry publications: - Office Instructions Staff Handbook Distribution of Duties Amendments to Air Ministry portion of the Air Force List.
S 1 (f) (AL22)
Miss R Beresford Vacant	Temporary Administrative Assistant Higher Clerical Officer	Clerical establishments (in London) below the rank of Higher Clerical Officer. Control of S 1 (Mobile Section).
S 1 (f) (AL33)
E S Reeve H C Hurley	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Head of Section Branch Security Officer Service establishments in AMSO and AMP. Civilian establishments in AMSO, AMP, JAG and Accidents, Secretariat Divisions (except S 6 and S 8), D of C (AM) and the Finance Divisions. Authorisation of overtime in respect of civil staff concerned.
S 1 (g) (AL22)
E S Reeve	Staff Officer	Head of Section Branch Security Officer Service establishments in CAS, AMT and DPR Civil establishments (HCO and above) in CAS, AMT S6, S8 and DPR. Establishments of RAF Delegation, Washington and Combined Operations HQ.
H C Hurley	Higher Clerical Officer	Establishment records of S 2 (e) and (g) (except DGCA and DD of S (2)). Authorisation of overtime.
Miss J M Biggs	Higher Clerical Officer	Editing and issue of the following Air Ministry publications: - Office Instructions Distribution of Duties Staff Handbook Amendments to Air Ministry portion of the Air Force List.
S 1 (g) (AL33)
Miss R Beresford C J Crombleholme	Temporary Administrative Assistant Higher Clerical Officer	Service establishments in CAS, AMT and DPR Civil establishments in CAS, AMT S6, S8 and DPR and D of A (including overseas audit). Authorisation of overtime in respect of civil staff concerned. Establishments of RAF Delegation, Washington and Combined Operations HQ.
S 1 (h) (AL22)
F W Coxhead	Staff Officer	Head of Section Branch Security Officer See also Registry Circulation Services)
F D Hughes	Higher Clerical Officer	Establishment, general control, discipline and control of messengers and cleaners. Appointment of presskeepers. Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme.
S 1 (h) (AL33)
F W Coxhead	Staff Officer	Head of Section Branch Security Officer See also Registry Circulation Services.
F D Hughes	Higher Clerical Officer	Establishment, general control, discipline and control of messengers and cleaners. Appointment of presskeepers. Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme.
S 1 Harrogate (AL22)
V Richard	Staff Officer	Head of Section Clerical, draughtsman, typing, messenger and cleaner establishments; upgrading of Temporary Clerks.
E J Thomas	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, postings and resignations of temporary staff; issue of AM HQ passes. Branch Security Officer
J H Breen	Temporary Assistant	Leave; travel concessions; overtime.
Miss M Ward	Temporary Assistant	Miscellaneous staff questions; establishment and personal records and statistics; confidential reports; pay and increments; local representative for Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme; liaison with S 2 (f).
S 1 Harrogate (AL33)
V Richard	Staff Officer	Clerical, draughtsman, typing, messenger and cleaner establishments; upgrading of Temporary Clerks.
E J Thomas	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, postings and resignations of temporary staff; issue of AM HQ passes. Branch Security Officer
J H Breen	Temporary Assistant	Leave; travel concessions; overtime.
Miss M Ward	Temporary Assistant	Miscellaneous staff questions; establishment and personal records and statistics; confidential reports; pay and increments; local representative for Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme; liaison with S 2 (f).
S 1 (Accts) Harrogate (AL22)
S J Essex J Smeaton	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Payment of salaries and wages to HQ staff; maintenance of pay records.
S 1 (Accts) Harrogate (AL33)
S J Essex J Smeaton	Staff Officer Temporary Assistant	Payment of salaries and wages to HQ staff; maintenance of pay records.
Establishment Officer - Western Area
W A T Shorto		Establishment Officer - Western Area (HQ, Worcester) Control of S 1, S 2 and Registries (Western Area) in liaison with S 1 and S 2 (London)
S 1 Worcester
R H Smith	Staff Officer	In charge of S 1 Worcester and general oversight of S 1 sections in Western Area.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Clerical establishments in branches in Western Area. Recruitment, appointment postings and transfer of staff above clerical grade. Local Office Memoranda. Issue of petrol coupons.
Miss V C Boyden	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, appointment and postings of clerical, typing and duplicating staffs, including loaned staff. Overtime. Staff training. Issue of Air Ministry (Western) Passes.
A G Suterland	Higher Clerical Officer	Pay and leave questions. Travel concessions. Personal records of all grades. Local representative for Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme Registration under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, etc. Preparation of Annual Confidential Reports. Recruitment, appointment and postings of messengers, cleaners and nightwatchmen.
L B Kendrick	Staff Officer	see also S 2 (e) (Western Area) Establishment and control of messengers, cleaners and nightwatchmen. Civil Defence and Home Guard personnel questions. Sick Bay and Welfare questions.
S 1 Stroud and Stonehouse
Miss G E Robert	Higher Clerical Officer	Local establishment questions; liaison with S 1 (Worcester)
Registries
F J T Cooper	Staff Officer	Officer i/c General control (except in respect of Registry Circulation Services) of Registries at Adastral House, Whitehall, Oxford Street, Eastbury Court, Euston Road, Seville Street, Kensington, Randolph Gardens, Ariel House, Moorgate and Cornwall House and all Transit Rooms.
Central Registry (Adastral House)
Miss L N Cleghorn	Staff Officer
Central Registry - Allocation Section
G Yeates Miss L M Howell	Higher Clerical Officer	Allocation of correspondence, including registered post. Receipt and despatch of railway and Post Office parcels. Despatch of inland post through the GPO. General Registry and enquiries.
Central Registry - Registration Section
A J Molinari	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer Opening of new files. Subject indexes of files. Tracing of files by subject. Recording of correspondence from overseas.
Central Registry - Charging Section
A J Green	Higher Clerical Officer	Recording of movements of files (part); search lists; liaison with Archives.
Vacant	Temporary Assistant	Recording of movements of files (part).
Central Registry - Secret Section
G E Penton	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer
Eastbury Court Registry Euston Road Registry Oxford Street Registry Ariel House Registry Moorgate Registry		Under Officer i/c London Registries
H H Dean	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer
Seville Street Registry Kensington Registry Randolph Gardens Registry Cornwall House Registry
Whitehall Registry
E R Bell	Higher Clerical Officer	Officer i/c. Branch Security Officer Registry services (other than circulation services) for the Whitehall area.
Miss M E J Evans	Higher Clerical Officer	Despatch of all Air Ministry and RAF correspondence overseas. Receipt of correspondence arriving from overseas other than through Post Office channels.
Registry Circulation Service (RCS)
F W Coxhead	Staff Officer	Officer i/c See also S 1 (h).
H G Paddon	Higher Clerical Officer	Central Registry Security Officer Kingsway area - transit of all papers, etc; Operation of Timed Transit Service; receipt and despatch of cabinet boxes. Registry MT Services.
F W Allen	Higher Clerical Officer	Whitehall area - transit of all papers, etc; Operation of Timed Transit Service; receipt and despatch of cabinet boxes.
Provincial Registries
Worcester Registry (under control of Establishment Officer, Western Area)
C M Phillips	Staff Officer	Officer i/c Worcester, Stroud and Stonehouse Registries.
F H Taylor	Higher Clerical Officer
Harrogate Registry (under control of S 1 (Harrogate)
C M Thurgood	Higher Clerical Officer	Officer i/c
Archives
J L Woodford A Borrett	Staff Officer (Officer i/c) Higher Clerical Officer	Preparation of schedules under the Public Record Office Acts; examination and classification of Air Ministry and RAF documents under these schedules; questions affecting the disposal of documents; proceedings of Boards of Officers convened under paragraph 2199 KRs and ACIs; records and custody of registered files up to 1940 inclusive.
Typing and Duplicating Services
Miss M F Mayo	Controller of Typists	General control of typing and duplicating staff as a whole and co-ordination of work of Chief Superintendents of Typists. Recruitment and training of typing and duplicating staff.
Miss A S Brittenden	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Bush House, Aerial House and Oxford Street.
Mrs I M Miles	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Adastral House, Houghton House, Turnstile House, Awdry House, Victory House, Seaford House, Moorgate Clements Inn and Lowndes Square.
Miss M Mayo	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Whitehall, Queen Anne's Gate, MI 14 (c) (War Office), Landsdowne House, Cornwall House, Abbey House and Eastbury Court.
Miss R G Foster	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Alexandra House, Prince's House, Woburn Place, Monck Street, Shepperton, Harrow, Berkeley Square, Roneo House, Kilburn, Euston Road and Knightsbridge.
Miss H O Sayer	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff - Harrogate
Miss D Bramwell	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff - Western Area
Duplicating Section
Miss F E I M Blair	Senior Superintendent
Miss E Shanks	Supervisor	Duplicating work for Whitehall area
Miss A M Tuckey	Supervisor	Duplicating work for Kingsway area
Office Keeper
F Smith	Office Keeper
H L Oddy	Deputy Office Keeper	Cleaner and Housekeeping Services. All building except those covered by Mr Middleton.
W T E Middleton	Deputy Office Keeper	All services Whitehall, Parliament Square House, Cornwall House, Norfolk House, Abbey House, Queen Anne's Gate.
E Ward	Deputy Office Keeper	Messenger services. Adastral House, Houghton House, Houghton House Annexe, 5 and 6 Clements Inn, 30/34 Moorgate
W V Cannon	Deputy Office Keeper	Messenger services. Alexandra House, York House, Prince's House, Imperial House, Awdry House, Victory House and Pen Corner.
G T Sherwood	Deputy Office Keeper	Messenger services. Bush House (SE, NE and NW Wings) and Ariel House.
R C Plant	Deputy Office Keeper	Messenger services. 17 Monck Street, Seaford House, 15 Grosvenor Square, Eastbury Court, 26/40 Kensington High Street, 2 Seville Street, 16 Randolph Gardens and 16 Lowndes Square.
E J Thornloe	Deputy Office Keeper	Messenger services. Turnstile,19-29 Woburn Place, 194 Euston Road, 77 Oxford Street, Roneo House and Victoria House (Southampton Row).
Messenger services - General supervision of messengers and labourers, packing, unpacking and internal transport of heavy goods; collection and disposal of all waste paper, including secret and confidential waste.
Cleaner and Housekeeping services - General supervision of cleaners and lavatory attendants; cleanliness of buildings; issue of water bottles, glasses, towels, soap, etc; minor maintenance of buildings, including small repairs to lights, bells, carpets, linoleum, lavatories, etc.
Medical Officers
C Howard K S P Blatchley	Fg Off (Kingsway) Fg Off (Whitehall)	Advice to the Air Ministry on matters of hygiene. Treatment in cases of serious accident or sudden illness occurring on Air Ministry premises. Advice to staff needing immediate or simple preventative treatment.
Staff Welfare Officers
Welfare of civil staff (with special responsibility as regards women). Working conditions, shelter accommodation, sick bays, rest rooms and staff amenities.
S 1 (Welfare) - London (includes Harrow, Hayes, Shepperton and Kew Observatory)
Miss M F Munro Miss M S Lee	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer
S 1 (Welfare) - Harrogate
Mrs M I Buzza	Temporary Assistant
S 1 (Welfare) - Worcester Stroud and Stonehouse
Miss E E S Jessop	Higher Clerical Officer

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL22 - Jan 1944, AL26 - Apr 1944, AL29 - Jul 1944, AL33 - Dec 1944)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
HQ establishments (service and civilian - other than technical, meteorological and educational staff). Appointments, promotions, conditions of service, etc of HQ civilian staff referred to in para. 1 above. Leave, pay, overtime, records of service and discipline of civilian HQ staff, other than technical, meteorological and educational staff. Superannuation of all civilian staff at HQs and outstations (other than staff under the FSSU) and gratuities to unestablished staff (other than outstation industrial staff). Office Instructions, Staff Handbook, and 'Distribution of Duties'. Administrative Whitley Council. Registry, RCS and Archives. Common services: - Typing, Duplicating, Welfare, Messengers, Cleaners.
H O Fry	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
W J Walder	Principal	Control of S 1 (Harrogate), S 1 (Accounts) and Registry (Harrogate) Act on behalf of the Head of S 2 in regard to billeting and accommodation questions.
A Lawson	Principal	Control of S 1 (a), S 1 (b) and S 1 (k)
F Denny	Principal	Control of S 1 (e), S 1 (f), S 1 (g), S 1 (h), and S 1 (j), Typing and Duplicating Services
J R Salter	Principal	Control of S 1 (d) Official Side Secretary of the Air Ministry Departmental Whitley Committee; miscellaneous special questions; Secretary to the Air Ministry Compassionate Fund.
Miss R Beresford	Temporary Administrative Assistant	For duties see S 1 (g) In charge of S 1 (Mobile)
T Turner	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 1 (c), S 1 (Records) and S 1 (Welfare) Joint Secretary, Air Ministry Committee, Civil Service War Distress Fund.
G Ramsay		Chief Registrar
S 1 (a)
R J Granger A J Symonds	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, appointment, postings and transfers of staff above the rank of Clerical Officer. Overseas postings. Promotion - all grades other than messengers. Seniority questions. Questions relating to the application of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, etc and the release of women for service with the Women's Auxiliary Services, etc.
S 1 (b)
Mrs C B Kitcat A W Parkin	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Special appointments. Staff loaned from other Government Departments. Posting and transfer of clerical staff below the rank of Higher Clerical Officer. Reports on Temporary Clerks.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment and appointment of clerical staff. Resignations, etc. Re-appointment, after marriage, of established staff. Upgrading of Temporary Clerks.
S 1 (c)
Miss M V Wibberley	Staff Officer	Head of Section
J J Williams	Higher Clerical Officer	Overtime claims and related questions, excluding authorisation of overtime. Tea and milk permits.
Miss E M Thomas	Higher Clerical Officer	Pay questions. Balance of Civil Pay of Staff serving with HM Forces. Issue of Meal Vouchers to juveniles aged 16 and 17. Claims from Government Departments in respect of loaned staff.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Superannuation (other than FSSU). Estimates (Vote 11C/11H and 11J) and liability statements. S 1 Suspense Account No 2.
S 1 (d)
	Staff Officer	Head of Section Disciplinary questions.
Mrs A G Morgan Miss J M Biggs	Junior Executive Officer (Temporary) Higher Clerical Officer	Whitley Council procedure; Editing and issue of Office Instructions, 'Distribution of Duties'; the Staff Handbook; Amendments to Air Ministry portion of the Air Force List.
S 1 (e)
H E Coplestone	Staff Officer	Head of Section Estimates (Vote 10) and liability statements.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Special establishment investigations; Branch staff returns; statistical returns of HQ strength and establishments. Registrations under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, Employment Order 1941 and the Boys and Girls Order 1941. Issue of Air Ministry HQ passes.
S 1 (f)
S W Ranger H C Hurley	Staff Officer (Head of Section) (Branch Security Officer) Higher Clerical Officer	Establishments in AMSO's Department (DGE), AMP's Department, Secretariat (except S 6 and S 8) and Registries. Authorisation of overtime in respect of civilian staff concerned.
S 1 (g)
Miss R Beresford C J Crombleholme	Temporary Administrative Assistant (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Establishments in CAS's Department and S 6, Directorate of Accounts (including overseas audit) and Public Relations, RAF Delegation Washington and Combined Operations HQ. Authorisation of overtime in respect of civilian staff concerned.
S 1 (h)
F W Coxhead G F Finn	Staff Officer (Head of Section) (Branch Security Officer) Higher Clerical Officer	All questions relating to messengers, presskeepers and cleaners. Appointments, promotions, resignations and releases of typing staff. Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme.
S 1 (j)
M Innes Vacant	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Junior Executive Officer	Establishments in AMSO's Department (except DGE), AMT's Department and S 8, Finance Divisions and the Directorate of Contracts. Authorisation of overtime in respect of civilian staff concerned.
S 1 (k)
A E Lucas Miss A H Higham	Staff Officer Junior Executive Officer	Reconstruction, re-settlement and re-instatement questions.
S 1 (Records)
A W Jenvey	Staff Officer	Head of Section Personal staff questions other than discipline.
Miss E F Musto Miss E E North	Higher Clerical Officer Junior Executive Officer	Leave questions (sick, special, annual, etc). Personal Records of all grades. Annual increments. Preparation of Annual Confidential Report forms. Travelling concessions for detached staff serving in London. Sick leave statistics. Collection of data for payment of claims under Workmen's Compensation Act.
S 1 Harrogate
V Richard	Staff Officer (Head of Section)	Clerical, draughtsman, typing, messenger and cleaner establishments; upgrading of Temporary Clerks.
E J Thomas	Higher Clerical Officer (Branch Security Officer)	Recruitment, postings and resignations of temporary staff; issue of AM HQ passes.
E R Batty	Temporary Assistant	Leave; travel concessions; overtime.
Miss M Ward	Temporary Assistant	Miscellaneous staff questions; establishment and personal records and statistics; confidential reports; pay and increments; local representative for Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme; liaison with S 2 (f).
S 1 (Accts) Harrogate
S J Essex J Smeaton	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Payment of salaries and wages to HQ staff; maintenance of pay records.
Establishment Officer - Western Area
W A T Shorto		Establishment Officer - Western Area (HQ, Worcester) Control of S 1, S 2 and Registries (Western Area) in liaison with S 1 and S 2 (London)
S 1 Worcester
R H Smith	Staff Officer	Head of Section In charge of S 1 Worcester and Stonehouse. Establishments of Branches in Western Area
Miss V C Boyden	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, appointment and postings of clerical, typing and duplicating staffs. Staff loaned from other Government Departments. Reports on and upgrading of temporary clerks. Control of Employment (Civil Servents) Order. Juvenile education. Overtime. Issue of Air Ministry (Western) Passes.
A C Suterland	Higher Clerical Officer	Pay and increments leave, travel concessions. Staffing and sick leave statistics. TMA's and Workmen's Compensation cases. Personal records of all grades. Recruitment, appointment and postings of messengers, cleaners and nightwatchmen. Local representative for Civil Service Voluntary Savings Scheme
L P Kendrick	Staff Officer	see also S 2 (e) (Western Area) Establishment and control of messengers, cleaners and nightwatchmen. Sick bay and Welfare questions.
S 1 Stonehouse
Miss C E Robert	Higher Clerical Officer	Local establishment questions; liaison with S 1 (Worcester)
Registries
F J T Cooper	Staff Officer	Officer i/c General control (except in respect of Registry Circulation Services) of Registries at Adastral House, Oxford Street, Eastbury Court, Euston Road, Seville Street, Kensington, Randolph Gardens, Ariel House, Moorgate and Cornwall House.
Central Registry (Adastral House)
F J T Cooper	Staff Officer	see above
Central Registry - Allocation Section
R G Silk	Higher Clerical Officer	Allocation of incoming registered post. Allocation of personally addressed correspondence and 'by hand' deliveries. Receipt and despatch of railway and Post Office parcels. Despatch of inland post through the GPO.
Mrs L M Davison	Higher Clerical Officer	Allocation of correspondence, General Registry enquiries.
Central Registry - Registration Section
A J Melinari	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer Opening of new files. Subject indexes of files. Tracing of files by subject. Recording of correspondence from overseas.
Central Registry - Charging Section
A J Green	Higher Clerical Officer	Recording of movements of files (part); search lists; liaison with Archives.
Mrs M Cull	Temporary Assistant	Recording of movements of files (part).
Central Registry - Secret Section
Miss L F Deed	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer
Eastbury Court Registry Euston Road Registry Oxford Street Registry Ariel House Registry Moorgate Registry		Under Officer i/c London Registries
F W Hughes	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer
Seville Street Registry Kensington Registry Randolph Gardens Registry Cornwall House Registry
Whitehall Registry
Miss L N Cleghorn G E Penton	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer (Branch Security Officer)	Registry services (other than circulation services) for the Whitehall area.
Miss M E J Evans	Higher Clerical Officer	Despatch of all Air Ministry and RAF correspondence overseas. Receipt of correspondence arriving from overseas other than through Post Office channels.
Registry Circulation Service (RCS)
E R Bell	Staff Officer	Officer i/c
H G Paddon	Higher Clerical Officer	Central Registry Security Officer Kingsway area - transit of all papers, etc; Operation of Timed Transit Service; receipt and despatch of cabinet boxes. Registry MT Services. Supervision of Transit Rooms in Kingsway area.
F W Allen	Higher Clerical Officer	Whitehall area - transit of all papers, etc; Operation of Timed Transit Service; receipt and despatch of cabinet boxes. Supervision of Transit Rooms in Kingsway area.
Provincial Registries
Worcester Registry (under control of Establishment Officer, Western Area)
C M Phillips	Staff Officer	Officer i/c Worcester and Stonehouse Registries.
F M Taylor	Higher Clerical Officer
Harrogate Registry (under control of S 1 (Harrogate)
C M Thurgood	Higher Clerical Officer	Officer i/c
Archives
J L Woodford A Borrett	Staff Officer (Officer i/c) Higher Clerical Officer	Preparation of schedules under the Public Record Office Acts; examination and classification of Air Ministry and RAF documents under these schedules; questions affecting the disposal of documents; proceedings of Boards of Officers convened under paragraph 2199 KRs and ACIs; records and custody of registered files up to 1940 inclusive.
Typing and Duplicating Services
Miss M F Mayo	Controller of Typists	General control of typing and duplicating staff as a whole and co-ordination of work of Chief Superintendents of Typists. Recruitment and training of typing and duplicating staff.
Miss A S Brittenden	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Bush House, Aerial House and Kensington.
Miss M Mayo	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Whitehall, Queen Anne's Gate, Parliament Square and Abbey House.
Mrs I M Miles	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Adastral House, Houghton House, Turnstile House, Awdry House, Moorgate and Clements Inn.
Miss R G Foster	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Alexandra House, Prince's House, Woburn Place, Monck Street, Shepperton, Harrow and Berkeley Square.
Miss M A Smith	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff in Cornwall House (including Training School), Eastbury Court, Seville Street, Roneo House, Seaford House, Lowndes Square, Euston Road, Ashley Gardens.
Miss F E I M Blair	Chief Superintendent Alls see Duplicating Section	Control of duplicating typing staff in Adastral House, Bush House, Oxford Street and Woburn Place. Control of typing staff in Victory House and Randolph Gardens, Kilburn.
Miss H O Sayer	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff - Harrogate
Miss D Bramwell	Chief Superintendent	Control of typing staff - Western Area
Duplicating Section
Miss F E I M Blair	Chief Superintendent	Control of duplicating typing staff in Adastral House, Bush House, Oxford Street and Woburn Place.
Miss E Shanks	Supervisor	Duplicating work for Whitehall area
Miss A M Tuckey	Supervisor	Duplicating work for Kingsway area
Office Keeper
Messenger services - General supervision of messengers and labourers, packing, unpacking and internal transport of heavy goods; collection and disposal of al;l waste paper, inclusing secret and confidential waste.
Cleaner and Housekeeping services - General supervision of cleaners and lavatory attendants; cleanliness of buildings; issue of water bottles, glasses, towels, soap, etc; minor maintenance of buildings, including small repairs to lights, bells, carpets, linoleum, lavatories, etc.
F Smith	Office Keeper
W T E Middleton	Deputy Office Keeper (All services)	Whitehall, Parliament Square House, Abbey House, Queen Anne's Gate and 160/186 Ashley Gardens.
E Ward	Deputy Office Keeper	Adastral House, Houghton House, Houghton House Annexe, 5 and 6 Clements Inn, 30/34 Moorgate and Carey Street.
W V Cannon	Deputy Office Keeper	Alexandra House, York House, Prince's House, Imperial House, Awdry House, Victory House and Pen Corner.
G T Sherwood	Deputy Office Keeper	Bush House (SE, NE and NW Wings), Ariel House and Cornwall House.
R C Plant	Deputy Office Keeper	17 Monck Street, Seaford House, 15 Grosvenor Square, Eastbury Court, 26/40 Kensington High Street, 2 Seville Street, 16 Randolph Gardens and 16 Lowndes Square.
Vacant	Deputy Office Keeper	Turnstile,19-29 Woburn Place, 194 Euston Road, 77 Oxford Street, Roneo House and Victoria House (Southampton Row).
Medical Officers
C Howard K S P Blatchley	Fg Off Fg Off	Advice to the Air Ministry on matters of hygiene. Treatment in cases of serious accident or sudden illness occurring on Air Ministry premises. Advice to staff needing immediate or simple preventative treatment.
Staff Welfare Officers
Welfare matters relating to civilian staff, with special regard to juvenile employees; advice on maintenance of health; rest rooms, first aid and medical services, including arrangements with hospitals, sick bays and convalescent homes. Issue of meal vouchers to juveniles under 16 years of age. Working conditions , eg - accommodation, lighting, seating, etc. Hostel arrangements, departmental lodging list. Educational and recreational facilities. Agents for - The Civil Service War Distress Fund, the Hospital Saturday Fund, The Hospital Savings Association, The Home Nursing Society and The Civil Service Benevolent Fund. NB - The above duties are subject to minor variations to suit local conditions at Harrogate and Worcester. (AL45)
S 1 (Welfare) - London
Miss M F Munro	Staff Officer	Welfare Officer Cornwall House and Cornwall House Annexe. Liaison with Treasury Welfare Officer
Miss F M Abbott	Assistant Staff Officer	Assistant Welfare Officer Group 1 - Adastral House, Houghton House, Houghton House Annexe, Bush House (NW, NW and SE Wings) and New Court
Mrs D E Rix	Assistant Staff Officer	Assistant Welfare Officer Group 2 -Turnstile House, Victory House, Prince's Block and York House, Ariel House, Euston Road, Roneo House, Victoria House, Woburn Place, Clements Inn, Moorgate, Imperial Houes, Awdry House and Pen Corner.
Miss F E Littlejohn	Assistant Staff Officer	Assistant Welfare Officer Group 3 - King Charles Street, Whitehall, Monck Street, Ashley Gardens, Queen Anne's Gate, Oxford Street, Abbey House and Parliament Square House.
Miss B C Lindsay	Assistant Staff Officer	Assistant Welfare Officer Group 4 - Berkeley Square, Eastbury Court, 26/40 Kensington High Street, Lowndes Square, Kilburn, Seaford House, Shepperton, Hayes, Kew, Harrow, FABC, and Dunstable.
S 1 (Welfare) - Harrogate
Mrs M I Buzza	Temporary Assistant	Welfare of civilian staff (with special responsibility as regards women). Working conditions, sick bays, rest rooms and staff amenities. Issue of meal vouchers.
S 1 (Welfare) - Worcester and Stonehouse
Miss E E S Jessop	Higher Clerical Officer	Welfare of civilian staff (with special responsibility as regards women). Working conditions, sick bays, rest rooms and staff amenities. Issue of meal vouchers.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL40 - Aug 1945, AL45 - Dec 1945)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
J B Proper	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
HQ and outstation establishments of DGW, DES and Meteorological Office. Appointments, promotions, postings, etc, of civil staff referred to in para 1. Accommodation. Evacuation and Billeting Air Raid Precautions.
G J Gilbert	Temporary Administrative Officer	Control of S2 (b) and (c).
E W R Traviss	Senior Executive Officer	Control of S2 (a) S2 (e) and S2 (f)
B M Robinson	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S2 (g)
E G Barton	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S2 (d)
S 2 (a) (AL22)
G Ramsey	Staff Officer	General accommodation questions (HQ building in London, Hayes and Reading). AM telephone directory. Investigation of losses, etc.
W Pleasance	Higher Clerical Officer	Accommodation questions - Aerial, Awdry, Bush and Imperial Houses
B Jacobs	Higher Clerical Officer	Accommodation questions - Adastral House, London School of Economics, 20 Berkeley Square and Reading (APFS)
F J Tigwell	Higher Clerical Officer	Accommodation questions - Africa, Princes and Victory Houses, Pen Corner, South Kensington, Woburn Place and Hayes (Archives)
S 2 (a) (AL45)
F J Christie W H Scudder	Staff Officer Staff Officer	General accommodation questions, including heating, lighting, furnishing, telephones, lifts, etc for Air Ministry HQs in London, Hayes and Reading, excluding those covered by S 2 (d). Investigation into losses of public and private property. NB - Minor repairs to light, bells, lavatories, linoleum, etc are dealt with by the Office Keeper (see S 1).
H A Salter	Higher Clerical Officer	Bush House (NW, NW and SE Wings)
E C Harper	Higher Clerical Officer	Ariel House, Ashley Gardens, Barkers, RAF Comforts (Berkeley Square, Berkeley Street, Albemarle Street), Eastbury Court, Grosvenor Place, Kensington High Street, Lowndes Square, Seaford House, Seville Street.
G H Coombs	Higher Clerical Officer	Moorgate, Oxford Street, Randolph Gardens, Turnstile House,
F J Tigwell	Higher Clerical Officer	Awdry House, Imperial House, Alexandra House, Prince's House, York House, Victory House, Pen Corner, Archives, Hayes, Air Ministry and Federal Telephone Directories, Emergency and Priority telephone lists.
H F Barnard	Higher Clerical Officer	Adastral House, Houghton House, Houghton House Annexe, Clements Inn,
A E C Merrett	Higher Clerical Officer	Cornwall House Annexe, Euston Road, Southampton Row, Victoria House, Woburn Place.
S 2 (b)
W W Green W H Parsons W E Burges	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Establishments of Directorate-General of Works and Directorate of Hydrogen Production.
S 2 (c)
F Cain D L Webb E F Harrison H Exley J Convery Miss E P Simmons	Staff Officer Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Establishments of Meteorological Office and Educational Services.
S 2 (d) (AL28)
B Jacobs	Staff Officer	Whitehall Area Fuel Economy Officer General accommodation questions and ARP at Whitehall, Monck Street, Queen Anne's Gate, Parliament Square House, Abbey House, Richmond Terrace, 'Z', and The Manor, Harrow. Emergency arrangements for War Group. Lost property, Whitehall Area.
R L Thompson	Higher Clerical Officer	Day to day accommodation arrangements at Whitehall. Authorisation of car park passes, Whitehall.
J E F Spry	Higher Clerical Officer	Day to day accommodation arrangements at Monck Street, Queen Anne's Gate, Parliament Square House, Abbey House, Richmond Terrace and The Manor, Harrow.
Mrs B C Davies	Temporary Assistant	Secretary and general supervision of and catering for Air Ministry Canteens at Whitehall and Monck Street. Tea and Milk permits, Whitehall Area.
S 2 (e) (London) (AL28)
A W Leigh	Staff Officer	Kingsway Area Fuel Economy Officer. Invasion War Book. Priority telephone facilities. S2 Branch Security Officer.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Canteens and hostels. Special evacuation arrangements. 'Stand-by' accommodation. HQ building at Shepperton. S2 Suspense Account No 5.
S 2 (e) (Western Area) (AL28) Under the general supervision of the Establishment Officer, Western Area
Worcester (AL28)
L B Kendrick see also S1 Western Area	Staff Officer	General accommodation questions in Western Area locations (Stroud, Stonehouse and Worcester), including furnishing, sick bays, telephones, canteen, recreational facilities and transport. Provision of billets for Air Ministry HQ staff in Western Area locations. Controller of Civil Defence and Fuel Economy Officer, Western Area.
R M Young	Higher Clerical Officer	HQ building at Worcester.
H W Smithers	Junior Executive Officer	Billeting Officer.
Stroud and Stonehouse (AL28)
E V Stone	Higher Clerical Officer	Local accommodation, billeting and civil defence questions; liaison with S 2 (e) Worcester
S 2 (e) (Harrogate) (AL28) Under control of W J Walder, S1 (Harrogate) who for the purpose reports to the Head of S2 (S5 in regard to AM Constabulary).
L Standeven	Temporary Assistant	HQ building at Harrogate. Harrogate Area Fuel Economy Officer. AM Constabulary Service at AM and MAP HQ buildings.
S 2 (f)
W G Magness Miss E L Smith P J Lake Mrs E M Ellis Miss M W Hall	Staff Officer Area Officer Junior Executive Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Civilian billeting at provincial locations, accounting arrangements including deductions from pay, issue of allowances and audit of local cash accounts containing billeting items. Issue of forms, authorities, regulations, etc relating to civilian billeting.
S 2 (g)
J C Cree	Staff Officer	Chief Civil Defence Officer Organisation, training and equipment of Civil Defence and Fire Guard Services in all buildings occupied by HQ staff in London the provinces.
H J Richardson	Higher Clerical Officer	Civil Defence equipment. Civil Defence accommodation, in conjunction with S 2 (a)
E J L Phillips	Higher Clerical Officer	Oversight of Civil Defence services, including arrangement of exercises in Bush House (Central Block, NE, NW and SE Wings), Victory House, Adastral House, Houghton House and Annexe, 30-40 Moorgate Street and No 5 Clements Inn.
A W W Clarke	Higher Clerical Officer	Registration of personnel under Fire Guard Regulations.
B John	Higher Clerical Officer	Stores accounting. Oversight of Civil Defence services, including arrangement of exercises in The Manor, Harrow Weald, Kilburn, 16 Randolph Gardens, Hayes (including Block Fireguard Scheme); Shepperton, Worton Hall, 73/77 Oxford Street, AI 9, 'Z', Seaford House, Grosvenor Place, Berkeley Square (RAF Comforts), Conduit Street (RAF Comforts).
F Grundy	Higher Clerical Officer	Respirator inspections. Telephone and bell faults. Oversight of Civil Defence services, including arrangement of exercises in
V E Tangye	Temporary Assistant	Civil Defence Officer, Woburn Place. Oversight of Civil Defence services, including arrangement of exercises in
Miss V M Smith	Temporary Assistant	Civil Defence Officer, Whitehall. Oversight of Civil Defence services, including arrangement of exercises in

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL22 - Jan 1944, AL28 - Jul 1944, AL45 - Dec 1945)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
Establishments of all industrial employees. Labour supply questions. Schedule of Reserved Occupations. Wages and general conditions of employment of industrial employees, home and overseas. Industrial Whitley Councils and Industrial Committees. Balance of civil pay, superannuation gratuities in respect of industrial employees. Injury Warrant awards and Workmen's Compensation in respect of staff and industrial grades. Note: S3 also act for Ministry of Aircraft Production (PS2) in respect of wages and other labour questions (excluding labour supply and establishment questions) affecting PS2 establishments and in respect of Workmen's Compensation for all MAP staff and employees.
H O Fry	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
Committees: -
Air Ministry Industrial Whitley Council. Engineering Trades Joint Council Shipbuilding Trades Joint Council Miscellaneous Trades Joint Council Joint Co-ordinating Committee for Government Establishments Treasury Wages Joint Co-ordinating Committee. RAF Establishments Committee Man-Power Committee (Ministry of Labour and National Service) Sub Committee on Schedule of Reserved Occupations (Ministry of Labour and National Service)
A C D Blanchard	Principal	Control of S 3 (a), S 3 (b) and S 3 (h).
A Slater	Temporary Administrative Officer	Control of S 3 (d) S 3 (e) and S 3 (j).
S J Martin	Temporary Administrative Officer	Control of S 3 (c), and S 3 (k).
S 3 (a)
A M Ross	Staff Officer	Head of Section.
R J Granger	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of all male industrial employees at engineering establishments.
E Webb	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of male engineering employees at non-engineering establishments (except Works Directorate). Wages of AID Viewers.
S 3 (b)
F H Gribble	Staff Officer	Head of Section
R S Harris	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of male non-engineering industrial employees at RAF Units (other than maintenance units) south and east of line - Spalding-Hereford-Exeter. Wages of civilian crews (other than officers - see S 5 (d)) of RAF Auxiliaries and marine craft. General wage questions not otherwise provided for.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of male non-engineering industrial employees at RAF Units (other than maintenance units) rest of the British Isles. General questions affecting rates of pay for civilian MT drivers. Business of Trades Joint Council (excluding Air Ministry Industrial Whitley Council) and co-ordinating committees.
S 3 (c)
S H Widdup	Staff Officer	Head of Section
R P Twitchett	Higher Clerical Officer	Industrial labour supply, including training. Schedule of Reserved Occupations. Essential Works Orders. Record of dilution under Trades Unions agreements. Transfers of industrial employees. Applications for employment.
R R H Laws	Higher Clerical Officer	Industrial establishments. Substitution of civilian for Service personnel and vice versa. Strength statistics. Estimates and financial statements. Examination of accounts and recording of expenditure under wagers votes. S3 Suspense Account. Posting and promotion of established Power House employees. Appointment, posting and establishment of station wardens.
A H Cooper	Higher Clerical Officer	Industrial employees - Balance of civil pay.
S 3 (d)
H A Chapman	Staff Officer	Head of section
E J Jones	Higher Clerical Officer	Overseas industrial employees - wages and general conditions of service; local regulations. Home industrial employees - uniform and protective clothing; welfare questions, including housing and canteens; questions arising on firewatching at outstations.
A C White	Higher Clerical Officer	Home industrial employees - general conditions of service: disciplinary questions and complaints: National Health and unemployment insurance,
S 3 (e) (AL24)
P J W Summerfield A H Brown W Thompson J E Kriegel H D Dawes D Booth A J Hadden Miss D Huckett	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Workmen's Compensation Scheme, AM and MAP personnel - consideration of claims; consideration of new legislation, etc affecting workmen's compensation - reviews of pre-injury average weekly earnings in accordance with the Act of 1943. Injury Warrant awards to industrial employees overseas. Compassionate gratuities to industrial employees.
S 3 (e) (AL26)
P J W Summerfield A H Brown W Thompson J E Kriegel H D Dawes D Booth Miss K E Duke Miss D Huckett	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Workmen's Compensation Scheme, AM and MAP personnel - consideration of claims; consideration of new legislation, etc affecting workmen's compensation - reviews of pre-injury average weekly earnings in accordance with the Act of 1943. Injury Warrant awards to Air Ministry personnel. Compassionate gratuities to industrial employees.
S 3 (h)
P W Hubbard	Staff Officer	Head of Section
Miss F E Smith	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of non-engineering industrial employees at maintenance units (other than those classed as engineering establishments); Trade Board grades; USAAF industrials other than those engaged on Works Services.
J W Foster	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of industrial employees (other than AID Viewers) at Civil Aviation, Medical, Meteorological, Recruiting and AID establishments. Wages of women industrial employees generally (other than viewers).
S 3 (j)
W G Pettitt	Higher Clerical Officer	Co-ordination of questions arising on Industrial Whitley Councils and Committees.
S 3 (k)
V H C Jones	Staff Officer	Head of Section
S A Warden	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of male industrial employees under the Directorate-General of Works (Works Areas No 7-14, 18 and 19).
H Heason	Higher Clerical Officer	Wages of male industrial employees under the Directorate-General of Works (Works Areas No 1 -6, 15 - 17, and 20).

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL24 - Apr 1944, AL26 - May 1944)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
Legal business. Parliamentary and Air Council business. Cabinet and Cabinet Committee papers. Committee procedures and records. Civil Gallantry Awards General and Miscellaneous secretarial duties. Telegrams - registration, dispatch, receipt and circulation. Microgram and Microfilming Services. Photographic Reproductions.
Sir James Ross		In general charge. Control of S 4 (e) and S 4 (f) Reports to PUAS (G)
J S Orme	Principal	Control of S 4 (b) and S 4 (c) Reports to PUS, PUAS (G) or AUS (G) as appropriate.
W H Parsons	Principal	Control of S 4 (f). Reports to Sir James Ross Also deputises for Sir James Ross as required on general questions assigned to Central Secretariat.
H A Cridland L M Feery	Senior Executive Officer Temporary Administrative Officer	Control of S 4 (Cabinet Section) Reports to PUS or PUAS (G) as appropriate.
Mrs L D P Orton	Temporary Administrative Officer	Control of S 4 (e) Reports to Sir James Ross
J E G Hurst	Senior Temporary Assistant	Control of S 4 (a) Reports to AUS (G).
S 4 (a)
J E G Hurst F A Lark W S Seaman	Senior Temporary Assistant (Head of Branch) Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Miscellaneous questions on civil and criminal law; civil actions and criminal prosecutions; references to the Treasury Solicitor, Parliamentary Counsel, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Lord Advocate. Amendments to the Air Force Act. Questions relating to new legislation promoted by the Air Ministry. Scrutiny of Public and Private Bills and Provisional Orders and circulation to the branches concerned. Preparation of Orders in Council. Preparation of Orders declaring RAF Stations and aircraft factories to be Protected Places, and legal questions relating thereto. King's Orders, petitions and other submissions to His Majesty. Remission of death duties on Estates of deceased officers, airmen and airwomen. Application for naturalization by aliens employed by the Air Ministry abroad. Submission of Air Ministry agreements, etc to the Inland Revenue for stamping. Byelaws for RAF Stations and ranges.
S 4 (b) & (c)
J S Orme Miss M Warden Miss M H King	Principal (Head of Branch) Staff Officer Junior Executive Officer	S 4 (b) Parliamentary business Liaison with Select Committee on National Expenditure. S 4 (c) Air Council work. Publicity Expenditure . Air Ministry entertainment. Library allowance. Liaison with other Government Departments on RAF participation in public functions, demonstrations, etc.
S 4 (Cabinet Section))
H A Cridland L M Feery A G Lewis	Senior Executive Officer (Head of Branch) Temporary Administrative Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Co-ordination of action on Cabinet and Ministerial Cabinet Committee papers. Circulation of Cabinet and Cabinet Committee Memoranda and co-ordination of briefing action on such Memoranda. Circulation of extracts from Cabinet and Cabinet Committee Conclusions both for action and for information. Custody of Cabinet and Cabinet Committee papers.
S 4 (e)
Mrs L D P Orton Miss D L Bigby	Temporary Administrative Officer (Head of Branch) Higher Clerical Officer	Microgram and microfilming services, Committee records, Civil Gallantry Awards. Arrangements for carrying official documents overseas. Miscellaneous duties including arrangements for Central Duty Officers. (for fuller details of microgram services - see D Micro S)
S 4 (f)
W H Pearson	Principal (Head of Branch)	Control of AMCS Whitehall and Kingsway, S 4 (OG) and Photographic Reproductions Section. Questions relating to registration, dispatch, receipt and circulation of telegrams. General secretariat duties, including congratulatory and ceremonial messages. Secretary of Air Council Committee (and Sub-Committee) on War Materials. Special subjects assigned from time to time. Details of duties and staff of the sections of S 4 (f): -
AMCS, Whitehall (AMCS (W))
J J Draper L F Hallett W A Bacon T A Essam	Staff Officer (Branch Security Officer) Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Receipt, dispatch and circulation of signals for the Whitehall area (except signals dealt with by S 4 (OG)).
S 4 (OG)
J J Draper Miss V G Dick	Staff Officer (Branch Security Officer) Higher Clerical Officer	Registration and circulation of signals received through (or by) other Government Departments. Despatch and circulation of signals transmitted through other Government Departments' channels. Circulation of signals to and from RAF Delegation, Washington.
AMCS, Kingsway (AMCS (K))
A J Creedy W J Clare S G Ridgers H F Nicholls C R A Brightwell	Staff Officer (Branch Security Officer) Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Receipt, dispatch and circulation of signals for the Kingsway area (except signals dealt with by S 4 (OG)).
Photographic Reproductions Section (Photo RS)
All types of photographic reproduction work for the Air Ministry. Operates as a central Photographic and Lithographic Reproduction Section serving all Government Departments in some measure with these processes which they themselves are not equipped. Liaison with Departmental O & M Branches, including Treasury, on requisitioning, staffing and installation of photographic and printing apparatus. Advises on layout, processes and use of materials for civilian and Service units. Development of technique for Direct Colour Photographic Printing. Demonstration of apparatus and processes for Government Departments and Treasury sponsored firms, including staff training.
N Melville J J Cliff	Technical Assistant Chief Photographer	Control of all photographic processes.
E Brown	Chief Photographer	Control of Lithographic, Photostat and True-to-scale processes.
F A C Everest	Higher Clerical Officer	Security, Records, Equipment and Stores.
W Taylor	Supervising Photographer	Control of production of outsize negatives and prints for D Micro S.
Directorate of Microgram Services (D Micro S)
The Head of S 4is ex-officio Director of Microgram Services. The administrative work is carried on in S 4 (e) (see above). The title of D Micro S is for purposes of convenience, for clear and easy reference in overseas telegrams and documents, and for quick delivery within the Air Ministry. The technical side of the work is carried out in a special section known as Micro (Tech) controlled for technical purpose by DD Photos (Photos 1).
Sir James Ross Mrs L D P Orton Miss D L Biby	Director Temporary Administrative Officer Higher Clerical Officer	D Micro S carries out the following services for all Government Departments, other than those in which special facilities had already been set up: - Microgram Services, ie the transmission by air of documents and correspondence in film between the Air Ministry and overseas Commands. Microfilming work of all kinds not for transmission, such as the copying of bulky and elaborate records.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL34 - Jan 1945)

Establishment Division for Non-Industrial Staff (Outstations); Stationery, Printing and Publications (S5)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL37 - May 1945, except *AL22 - Jan 1944, )

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL33 - Dec 1944)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL42 - Sep 1945)

Secretarial Divisions allotted to the Department of the Air Member for Personnel (S 7)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
General co-ordination for AMP's department and in particular co-ordination of papers and briefs on personnel questions for the War Cabinet, War Cabinet Committees, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Principal Personnel Officers Committee, Air Council, etc in collaboration with S10, S11, S12 and the Service Directories. Correspondence on general questions affecting officers and other personnel questions which do not fall specifically to S10, S11 or S12. Co-ordination of general and policy questions regarding the grant of commissions in the RAF, the transfer of officers between branches and the promotion and exit of officers. Secretarial duties in connection with conditions of service of officers. Loans, secondments and interchange of officers. Personnel questions relating to RAF Levies, Iraq and Aden Protectorate Levies. Secretarial duties in connection with the personnel policy of the post-war Air Force - officers.
R Monk-Jones	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
R F Jenkins	Principal	Control of S 7 (Central) Secretary of the Meetings of Directors-General in AMP's Department
G A Noble	Principal	Control of S 7 (d) Secretary of the Senior Officers' Promotion Board
N H Tredidga	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 7 (a)
S 7 (Central)
F Shinn (AL37) A S Horsman	Staff Officer Staff Officer	AL37 General co-ordination of AMP's Department; Central co-ordination for AMP of papers and briefs for the War Cabinet, War Cabinet Committees, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Principal Personnel Officers Committee, Air Council etc, in collaboration with Directors-General, Directors and other Secretarial branches in AMP's Department. Co-ordination of post-war personnel questions. AL44 Secretary: - Committee on Entry and Careers of GD Officers Personal Clothing and Equipment Committee General co-ordination of AMP's Department papers and briefs for the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Principal Personnel Officers Committee, Air Council, Post-War Planning Committee, etc in collaboration with Directors-General, Directors and other Secretarial branches in AMP's Department.
S 7 (a) (1)
F W J Hunt J Stewart	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Conditions of service of RAF officers and general questions affecting conditions of service, excluding entry, promotion, exit and the policy for grant of permanent commissions. Principals governing transfer of officers from one branch to another. Secretarial duties in connection with leave of RAF personnel, overseas tours and operational tours of aircrew. Chaplaincy questions. Co-ordination of matters relating to the voting of RAF personnel at Parliamentary elections and permissible political activities of RAF. Grant and withdrawal of symbols for specialisation.
S 7 (a) (2)
F S Barnes Miss C D Raves	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Loans, secondments of RAF personnel to other Governments and departments. Loans, secondments of personnel from other services to the RAF, including Army officers employed in the RAF on Flying Duties. Interchange of Air Force officers between UK and the Dominions. Application by RAF personnel to retain directorships, etc in civil firms. Pamphlets on conditions of service for guidance of personnel on loan and of officers posted to certain commands overseas. Personnel questions relating to RAF Levies, Iraq and Aden Protectorate Levies. Judicial and other immunities and privileges of RAF personnel in Middle East Interpreter and language questions. Appointment of Air Attachés. Attachment of RAF officers to other services for courses and of officers of other services to the RAF. Questions relating to the participation of RAF personnel in the Civil Affairs organisation of the War Office
S 7 (d)
T F White J Elstow	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Co-ordination of policy questions regarding the promotion of RAF officers. Secretarial duties for senior officers promotion board. Co-ordination of policy regarding permanent commissions. Co-ordination of general questions regarding intake and commissioning of officers. General questions regarding invaliding and exit from the Service of officers other than under the Release Scheme.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL37 - May 1945)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
General co-ordination for AMP's department and in particular co-ordination of papers and briefs on personnel questions for the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Principal Personnel Officers Committee, Air Council, etc in collaboration with S10, S11, S12 and the Service Directories. Co-ordination of constitutional, legal and disciplinary question regarding personnel of Air Forces; and ceremonial. Air Force List and RAF Section of London Gazette Honours and Awards. King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions
G Tucker	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division Also Head of S 11
R F Jenkins	Principal	Control of S 7 (Central) Secretary of the Meetings of Directors-General in AMP's Department
C G White	Principal	Control of S 7 (d) Secretary of RAF Awards Committee Member: - Civilian Gallantry Awards Committee Inter-Departmental Rewards Committee
P J Crisp	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 7 (a)
S 7 (Central)
A S Horsman	Staff Officer	AL37 General co-ordination of AMP's Department; Central co-ordination for AMP of papers and briefs for the War Cabinet, War Cabinet Committees, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Principal Personnel Officers Committee, Air Council etc, in collaboration with Directors-General, Directors and other Secretarial branches in AMP's Department. Co-ordination of post-war personnel questions. AL44 Secretary: - Committee on Entry and Careers of GD Officers Personal Clothing and Equipment Committee General co-ordination of AMP's Department papers and briefs for the Cabinet, Cabinet Committees, Chiefs of Staff Committee, Principal Personnel Officers Committee, Air Council, Post-War Planning Committee, etc in collaboration with Directors-General, Directors and other Secretarial branches in AMP's Department.
S 7 (a) AL44
R F Williams J H Fulbrook H J Cornell	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Co-ordination of matters relating to the voting of RAF Personnel at Parliamentary elections and permissible political activities of RAF personnel. Disciplinary and legal questions affecting RAF, Dominion, Colonial and Allied Air Force personnel. Editing of Manual of Air Force Law. Judicial and other immunities and privileges of RAF personnel. Regulations of position of Air Force personnel in matters of command and discipline vis-a-vis Naval and Army personnel. Applications by RAF personnel to retain directorships, etc in civil firms. Appointment of Air Attachés. Policy aspects of disclosure of RAF Service information relating to officers and airmen. Interpreter and language questions. Issue of instructions for administration of Italian co-operators. RAF participation in ceremonies. General ceremonial (including dress) and precedence questions. Notification of changes in higher RAF appointments. Air Aide de Camps and similar posts. Appointment of Yeoman of the Guard.
S 7 (d) AL44
F S Yuill Miss E Cattran H F Darbyshire	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Awards of gallantry in the air and on the ground and for good service. Mentions in despatches. Duties in connection with the RAF Awards Committee, the Central Honours Committee and the Selection Committee for the George Cross, George Medal and British Empire Medal.
F F Haines A J Rose Miss E Crosby Miss S E E Buchanan	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Awards to and from Allies. Issue of decorations and medals. Investitures. Duties in connection with Inter-Departmental Rewards Committee. Air Efficiency Award and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Campaign Stars and Medals. King's Badge for disabled personnel. Miscellaneous rewards questions. Editing of King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions. Editing of the 'restricted' and 'confidential' Air Force Lists. Geographical Index of RAF Units. List of Self-Accounting and Affiliated Units. RAF Section of the London Gazette

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL44 - Nov 1945)

Secretarial Division allocated to the Department of the Air Member for Supply and Organisation (S 9)

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties/Notes
R H Melville	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division Co-ordination of work within the Department of the AMSO and conduct of official correspondence.
C H Wykes	Principal	Control of S 9 (O)
C E F Gough	Principal	Control of S 9 (S) Reports direct to AMSO as Secretary of Air Assignment Sub-Committee of London Munitions Assignment Board and also on matters dealing with allocations of aircraft from USA; AUS (S) on supply matters generally; Head of S 9 on organisation matters which include questions of supply.
H A Needham	Temporary Administration Officer	For duties see S 9 (O)
J L Magnus	Temporary Administration Office	Control of S 9 (E) (except duties on Mr D Carson) For duties see S 9 (E)
C E Ormond	Temporary Administration Officer	For duties see S 9 (O)
L W Rampton	Temporary Administration Officer	For duties see S 9 (O)
D Carson	Senior Staff Officer	Secretary - Air Assignment Sub-Committee (Air Equipment)
S 9 (O)
H A Needham L W Rampton W W Gilroy	Temporary Administration Officer Temporary Administration Officer Staff Officer	Policy questions relating to RAF organisation and administration, except works and accommodation.
C E Ormond	Temporary Administration Officer	Works and accommodation questions (current and post-war).
Miss A R J Greenaway Miss M Scammell	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Post-war aspects of works and accommodation questions.
F Bollen M Bentley	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Post-war planning. Admiralty and miscellaneous works and accommodation questions. Supervision of clerical staff.
S 9 (S)
N Eastwood J Hardwick	Staff Officer Staff Officer	Duties relating to: - policy questions on supply in general, and the supply of complete aircraft in particular but excluding questions directly converning DGE, DGCM or DCG. Secretariat of Air Assignment Sub-Committee of LMAB and advice on munitions assignment questions generally. policy questions in connection with disposal of surplus aircraft. disposal of captured and surrendered enemy air equipment. co-ordination of executive action for supply of RAF aircraft to foreign countries (except USSR), including consultation through DAFL and MAP respectively, with Foreign Air Attachés and aircraft manufacturers.
L S Campbell	Higher Clerical Officer	As above and Secretary to RAF Mechanical Transport Policy Committee and RAF Marine Craft Policy Committee.
S 9 (E)
J L Magnus	Temporary Administration Office	Control of work of S 9 (E) Woburn (excepting duties of Mr D Carson) and S 9 (E) Harrogate. Duties relating to CGE, DGE (except D of E (C)) and DCG. Questions on Lend-Lease and reciprocal aid, and assistance to liberated areas (civil supplies) Policy questions on disposal and salvage of equipment and stores. Labour priorities for production of RAF requirements. Designations and O & P Lists policy. Reports to AUS (S) on equipment matters generally, Reports to Head of S 9 on organisation matters which include questions of equipment.
D Carson	Senior Staff Officer	Duties relating to DGSM and D of E (C). Co-ordination of work on supply matters concerning morale and welfare in India and South-East Asia. Issues from RAF stocks to civil Government Departments, local authorities, public bodies, etc, policy questions. Question concerning assignment of air equipment other than aircraft.
S 9 (E) Woburn
C W J Scott	Staff Officer	Assistant Secretary - Air Assignment Sub-Committee (Air Equipment)
F G Langabeer	Higher Clerical Officer	Duties relating to - DDE (3), DDE (13), DDSM (2), DDSM (4) and DDO (MT) on supply questions. Liaison with D Admin Plans, DAFL and MAP on supplies other than aircraft to Imperial and Foreign Governments.
D Dowds	Higher Clerical Officer	Duties relating to - DDAIS, DDSM (1), DDSM (3), DDE (8), DDE (9), DDE (10) and DDE (12). Liaison with MAP and M of P on Designations and O & P Lists.
S 9 (E) Harrogate
J R Wood	Staff Officer	Policy questions affecting Eastern Group Supply Organisation for DGE.
T L Nortgh	Higher Clerical Officer	Duties relating to - DDE (4) and DDE (5), including preparation of memoranda. Scrutiny of Air Ministry Orders of D of E (B)
F Wallis T Holleworth G Irons	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Duties relating to - D of E (A), DDE (7) and DDE (14), including preparation of memoranda. Scrutiny of Air Ministry Orders of D of E (A), D of E (C) and D of E (D). Liaison with S 9(P) on priority equipment questions and raw materials requirements. Assistance in connection with civil staff of DGE, Harrogate.
S 9 (P)
C L Harley C E Thorpe	Priority Officer Temporary Administrative Assistant	Co-ordination and correspondence in connection with questions of priority of production and allocation of raw materials. Correspondence with other Government Departments and Raw Materials Controls on above matters and with the Board of Trade on the subject of machinery licences and import and export licences and the concentration of production, including questions relating to to the issue of nucleus firm certificates. Air Ministry representation on the Materials Committee, Central Priority Committee, Inter-departmental Committee on Sheet Plate Containers. Reports direct to AUS's Principal Priority Officer.s

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL39 - Jul 1945)

Secretarial Divisions allotted to the Department of the Air Member for Personnel (S 10)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
Correspondence and co-ordination of of the department of the AMP affecting airmen Secretarial duties in connection with personnel policy affecting the recruitment and conditions of service and promotion of airmen. Constitutional and legal questions regarding personnel of the air forces. Air Force Lists and the RAF Section of the London Gazette. Awards. Ceremonial. King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions.
H R Ould	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
C G White	Principal	Control of S 10 (a) and S 10 (e) Secretary - RAF Awards Committee. Member - Civilian Gallantry Awards Committee and Inter-departmental Rewards Committee.
E C Wood	Principal	Control of S 10 (b), S 10 (c) and S 10 (d)
P J Crisp	Senior Staff Officer	For duties - see S 10 (c)
S 10 (a)
F S Yuill	Staff Officer	Head of Section and Branch Security Officer
G F Finn	Higher Clerical Officer	Awards for gallantry on the ground and for good service. Awards to and from Allies. Duties in connection with the RAF Awards Committee, the Central Honours Committee and the Selection Committee for the George Cross, George Medal and British Empire Medal.
H F Derbyshire	Higher Clerical Officer	Awards for gallantry in the air. Mentions in despatches.
S 10 (b)
E W Hawken	Staff Officer	Head of Section
S J Brooks	Higher Clerical Officer	Central questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominion and Allies airmen air crew personnel Introduction of new air crew categories. Examination and circulation of medical board reports on airmen air crew personnel. Editing of AM Pamphlet 96.
S 10 (c)
P J Crisp	Staff Officer	Head of Section - Reports direct to Head of Division on matters not relating to policy.
J H Fulbrook	Higher Clerical Officer	General questions regarding the disciplinary position of Dominion, Colonial and Allied Air Force personnel in the UK and overseas commands. Overseas recruitment. Repatriation process in war. Disclosure of Service information relating to airmen. Issue of instructions for administration of Italian co-operators.
H J Cornell	Higher Clerical Officer	Disciplinary and legal questions affecting RAF personnel. Regulation of position of air force personnel in matters of command and discipline vis-a-vis Naval and Army personnel. Editing Manual of Air Force Law.
S 10 (d)
G Bradford	Staff Officer	Head of Section
Miss E P Kruse A H Fewell	Junior Executive Officer Higher Clerical Officer	General questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominions and Allied tradesmen and aircrafthands. Secretarial duties in connection with AMP's Committee on the policy of manning the post-war RAF. Introduction of new trades. Editing of AM Form 1306 and AM Pamphlet 155.
S 10 (e)
F E Sheppard	Staff Officer	Head of Section
F F Haines	Higher Clerical Officer	Issues of decorations and medals. Investitures. Duties in connection with the Inter-departmental Rewards Committee. Air Efficiency Award and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Africa and 1939-45 Stars and other campaign medals. King's Badge for disabled personnel. RAF participation in ceremonies. Central ceremonial (including dress) and procedure questions. Air aide-de-camp and similar posts. Notification of changes in higher RAF appointments. Miscellaneous reward questions. Appointment of Yeoman of the Guard. Editing of King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions.
A J Rose	Higher Clerical Officer	Editing of the: - 'restricted' and 'confidential' Air Force Lists. Geographical Index of RAF Units. List of Self-Accounting and Affiliated Units. RAF Section of the London Gazette
S 10 (m)
E W Hawken	Staff Officer	Head of Section
E W Hawken S J Brooks	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Central questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominion and Allies airmen air crew personnel Introduction of new air crew categories. Examination and circulation of medical board reports on airmen air crew personnel. Editing of AM Pamphlet 96.
G Bradford Miss E P Kruse Miss E F Church	Staff Officer Junior Executive Officer Higher Clerical Officer	General questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominions and Allied tradesmen and aircrafthands. Editing of AM Form 1306 and AM Pamphlet 155. Introduction of new trades. Overseas recruiting (airmen)
Miss G E Hutchins	Staff Officer	Secretarial duties in connection with the Post-war Manning Committee, and the Trades Sub-Committee thereof. General secretarial duties arising out of questions relating to the conditions of service of airmen personnel.
S 10 (g)
F Shinn J Stewart	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Questions relating to leave of RAF personnel, overseas tours, operational tours for air crew. Chaplaincy questions. Grant and withdrawal of symbols for specialisation. Conditions of service of officers of the Medical, Dental, Legal and Chaplains Branches.
F S Barnes Miss C D Raves	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Questions relating to loans and secondments of RAF officers and airmen to other Governments and departments and of personnel from other services to the RAF, including Army officers employed with the RAF on Flying Duties. Interchange of Air Force officers between UK and the Dominions. Personnel questions relating to RAF Levies, Iraq, Aden Protectorate Levies and other local forces. Attachment of RAF officers to other services for courses of instruction and of officers of other services to the RAF. Questions relating to the participation of RAF personnel in the Civil Affairs organisation of the War Office.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL37 - May 1945)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
Secretarial duties in connection with the commissioning and conditions of service of officers, the entry and conditions of service of officers, the entry and conditions of service of airmen and the personnel policy of the Post-War Air Force. Loans, secondments and interchange of officers. Personnel questions relating to RAF Levies, Iraq and other local forces.
H R Ould	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
G A Noble	Principal	Control of S 10 (o)
R C Kent	Principal	Control of S 10 (m)
N H Tredidga	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 10 (g)
S 10 (a)
F S Yuill	Staff Officer	Head of Section and Branch Security Officer
G F Finn	Higher Clerical Officer	Awards for gallantry on the ground and for good service. Awards to and from Allies. Duties in connection with the RAF Awards Committee, the Central Honours Committee and the Selection Committee for the George Cross, George Medal and British Empire Medal.
H F Derbyshire	Higher Clerical Officer	Awards for gallantry in the air. Mentions in despatches.
S 10 (b)
E W Hawken	Staff Officer	Head of Section
S J Brooks	Higher Clerical Officer	Central questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominion and Allies airmen air crew personnel Introduction of new air crew categories. Examination and circulation of medical board reports on airmen air crew personnel. Editing of AM Pamphlet 96.
S 10 (c)
P J Crisp	Staff Officer	Head of Section - Reports direct to Head of Division on matters not relating to policy.
J H Fulbrook	Higher Clerical Officer	General questions regarding the disciplinary position of Dominion, Colonial and Allied Air Force personnel in the UK and overseas commands. Overseas recruitment. Repatriation process in war. Disclosure of Service information relating to airmen. Issue of instructions for administration of Italian co-operators.
H J Cornell	Higher Clerical Officer	Disciplinary and legal questions affecting RAF personnel. Regulation of position of air force personnel in matters of command and discipline vis-a-vis Naval and Army personnel. Editing Manual of Air Force Law.
S 10 (d)
G Bradford	Staff Officer	Head of Section
Miss E P Kruse A H Fewell	Junior Executive Officer Higher Clerical Officer	General questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominions and Allied tradesmen and aircrafthands. Secretarial duties in connection with AMP's Committee on the policy of manning the post-war RAF. Introduction of new trades. Editing of AM Form 1306 and AM Pamphlet 155.
S 10 (e)
F E Sheppard	Staff Officer	Head of Section
F F Haines	Higher Clerical Officer	Issues of decorations and medals. Investitures. Duties in connection with the Inter-departmental Rewards Committee. Air Efficiency Award and Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Africa and 1939-45 Stars and other campaign medals. King's Badge for disabled personnel. RAF participation in ceremonies. Central ceremonial (including dress) and procedure questions. Air aide-de-camp and similar posts. Notification of changes in higher RAF appointments. Miscellaneous reward questions. Appointment of Yeoman of the Guard. Editing of King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions.
A J Rose	Higher Clerical Officer	Editing of the: - 'restricted' and 'confidential' Air Force Lists. Geographical Index of RAF Units. List of Self-Accounting and Affiliated Units. RAF Section of the London Gazette
S 10 (o)
T F White J Elstow	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Questions relating to the entry of officers in all branches on permanent commissions (including entry via RAF College, Cranwell and the universities, and the grant of commissions to airmen), extended service, short service and emergency commissions; and principles governing transfer of officers from one branch to another.
F C Hall	Staff Officer	Questions relating to conditions of service of officers in all branches (except Medical, Dental. Legal and Chaplain), including editing of relevant pamphlets and publications; promotion of officers; exit of officers (including invaliding but excluding exit under release regulations).
S 10 (m)
E W Hawken	Staff Officer	Head of Section
E W Hawken S J Brooks	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Central questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominion and Allies airmen air crew personnel Introduction of new air crew categories. Examination and circulation of medical board reports on airmen air crew personnel. Editing of AM Pamphlet 96.
G Bradford Miss E P Kruse Miss E F Church	Staff Officer Junior Executive Officer Higher Clerical Officer	General questions relating to conditions of service of RAF, Dominions and Allied tradesmen and aircrafthands. Editing of AM Form 1306 and AM Pamphlet 155. Introduction of new trades. Overseas recruiting (airmen)
Miss G E Hutchins	Staff Officer	Secretarial duties in connection with the Post-war Manning Committee, and the Trades Sub-Committee thereof. General secretarial duties arising out of questions relating to the conditions of service of airmen personnel.
S 10 (g)
F Shinn J Stewart	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Questions relating to leave of RAF personnel, overseas tours, operational tours for air crew. Chaplaincy questions. Grant and withdrawal of symbols for specialisation. Conditions of service of officers of the Medical, Dental, Legal and Chaplains Branches.
F S Barnes Miss C D Raves	Staff Officer (Head of Section) Higher Clerical Officer	Questions relating to loans and secondments of RAF officers and airmen to other Governments and departments and of personnel from other services to the RAF, including Army officers employed with the RAF on Flying Duties. Interchange of Air Force officers between UK and the Dominions. Personnel questions relating to RAF Levies, Iraq, Aden Protectorate Levies and other local forces. Attachment of RAF officers to other services for courses of instruction and of officers of other services to the RAF. Questions relating to the participation of RAF personnel in the Civil Affairs organisation of the War Office.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL44 - Nov 1945)

Secretarial Divisions allotted to the Department of the Air Member for Personnel (S 11)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL24 - Mar 1944)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL31 - Oct 1944)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL44 - Nov 1945)

Secretarial Divisions allotted to the Department of the Air Member for Personnel (S 12)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL24 - Mar 1944)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL33 - Dec 1944)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL34 - Jan 1945)

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL45 - Dec 1945)

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
Commissioning and direct entry candidates and of airmen, including aircrew. Selection procedure. Provision of secretaries for Selection Boards. Exits, including invalidings, of regular and non-regular officers. Transfers of officer between branches. Machinery for promotion of officers. Secretarial work for officers' promotion boards. Reception and recording of, and action on, confidential reports. Machinery for selection of officers for permanent commissions. Secretarial duties for Selection Boards. Records of regular and non-regular officers. Note: Reference to the appropriate Service Directories will be made by branches of OAR for decisions on individual cases, and to the appropriate Service Directorate sand Secretarial Division on questions of policy.
S V Beattest	Special Appointment	Head of OAR
S S Burridge	Senior Staff Officer	OAR I Control of AR 1, AR 2, AR 3 and AR 4.
S H Goater	Senior Staff Officer	OAR II Control of AR 5, AR 6, AR 7, AR 8 and AR 9.
AR 1
Miss L Cahill	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
Mrs E C Clarke	Higher Clerical Officer (Temporary)	Appointments to commissions in the RAFVR of direct entry candidates at home and by local appointment in overseas commands (all branches) and in the Training Branch for ATC duties. Appointment of Education and Meteorological Officers to commissions. Appointment to Honorary and Class 'CC' commissions. Appointment to commission (all branches) under special schemes of recruitment of officers abroad. Secretarial duties for Selection Boards. Issue of clothing coupons to officers on appointment to commissions. Scholarships and prizes at the RAF Cadet College. Contact with Ministry of Labour and National Service. Co-ordination of commissioning statistics. Preparation of London Gazette notices.
H W C /Parker	Higher Clerical Officer	Appointment of airmen to commissions in the General Duties Branch immediately on completion of training. Commissioning of foreigners. Preparation of London Gazette notices.
R J J Wright	Higher Clerical Officer	Appointment of airmen to commissions in the General Duties Branch otherwise than immediately on completion of training. Preparation of London Gazette notices.
Miss M E Leefe	Higher Clerical Officer	Appointment of airmen of the Dominion Air Forces serving with the RAF under the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan to commissions for flying duties otherwise than immediately on completion of training.
AR 2
J S Tangstram	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
T C E Phelan	Higher Clerical Officer	Receipt and recording of recommended applications for commissions for ground duties from airmen serving at home and from airmen of Dominion air forces serving in the UK. Preliminary examination of suitability.
A J Tabersham	Higher Clerical Officer	Arrangement for interview and selection of airmen serving at home (including secretarial duties for Selection Boards) and action preliminary to entry to courses of instruction.
J A Murray	Higher Clerical Officer	Arrangements for airmen serving at home to attend pre-commissioning course and OCTU, including the RAF Regiment OCTU. Issue of letters of appointment and preparation of London Gazette notices. Compilation of commissioning progress statistics.
J R Murray	Higher Clerical Officer	Receipt and recording of recommended applications for commissions for ground duties from airmen serving overseas. Preliminary examination of suitability. Issue of letters of appointment and preparation of London Gazette notices.
AR 3
H G Strainge	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
W M Young	Higher Clerical Officer	Termination of commissions. Retirements and transfer of officers to the reserve lists. Resignations of commissions of ATC officers. Appointment of substitution officer to the RAFVR and Class 'CC' commissions. Questions in regard to mobilisation of officers and general questions affecting non-mobilised officers of the reserves and AAF. Transfer of ex-Australian and ex-New Zealand cadets and locally selected candidates to the RAAF Reserve and RNZAF Reserve respectively; transfer of Canadian personnel in the RAF to the RCAF.
P G Buckley	Higher Clerical Officer	Resignations of commissions (voluntary and compulsory) of regular, non-regular officers and PMRAFNS . Transfer of dominion (except Canadian) serving in the RAF to Dominion Air Forces. Appointment of Honorary Air Commodores to Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons. Questions relating to Territorial Army and Air Force Association and appointment of members.
AR 4
M F Hulbert	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
D W C Newton	Higher Clerical Officer	Invaliding of officers. Executive action on Medical Board reports (Forms 47) of officers, including regulational check of sick leave with pay. Regulational check of sick leave with pay of officers sent on rehabilitation employment.
Miss J I Wright	Higher Clerical Officer	Transfers of officers between branches including transfers on medical grounds. Questions of retention in the Service, of permanent Officers and Officers of the General Duties within limited medical Categories.
AR 5
E H Fish	Staff Officer	Head of Branch Secretary of RAF Promotion Boards dealing with promotions to substantive and temporary ranks up to Group Captain.
H T Eddy	Higher Clerical Officer	Preparation of schedules etc for use at RAF Promotion Boards - Group Captains and above to temporary and substantive rank. Examination and submission of officers' confidential reports.
Miss A M Cussen	Higher Clerical Officer	Preparation of schedules etc for use at RAF Promotion Boards - Wing Commanders and below. Promotion to temporary ranks of Dominion Air Force officer (except RCAF) who are serving outside their respective Dominions.
AR 6
C N Bradbury	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
T Brewin	Higher Clerical Officer	Time, acting and war substantive promotions (including Allied officers serving with the RAFVR). Time promotion of officers of Dominion air forces (excluding RCAF officers) serving outside their respective Dominions. Liaison with Dominion Air Forces Authorities. Receipt, recoding and scrutiny of all officers' confidential reports; Extractions therefrom for officers' records and selection of cases for reference to AR5.
AR 7
C W B Watford	Staff Officer	Head of Branch Arrangements for selection of officers for permanent commissions, including secretarial duties for Selection Board.
AR 8
F Thomas	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
AR 8 (a)
W C Collins	Higher Clerical Officer	Maintenance of officers' records sheet A - D. Recording of officers' records (A-Z) of disciplinary cases, exits, casualties ands awards and decorations. Re-direction of officers' personal mail. Supervision of staff engaged on casualty verification and photgraphing of officers' records.
AR 8 (b)
H W Dyson	Higher Clerical Officer	Maintenance of officers' records sheet E - K. Receipt and distribution of Personnel Occurrence Reports. Distribution of London Gazette notifications to RAF Commands. Notification to Central National Registration Officer of amendments to Service Register for Parliamentary Electors.
AR 8 (c)
S W Jones	Higher Clerical Officer	Maintenance of officers' records sheet L - R. Initial preparation of officers' record sheets A - Z. Assignment of officers' personal numbers, preparation and despatch of nominal rolls authorising issue of identity discs.
AR 8 (d)
Miss E V C Cooke	Higher Clerical Officer	Maintenance of officers' records sheet S - Z. Receipt and disposal of birth and marriage certificates and recording of information in records. Investigating of acting rank queries A - Z.
AR 9
J B Harvey	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
AR 9 (a)
Miss E A Hutchins	Higher Clerical Officer	Disclosure to Air Ministry branches of Service Information regarding officers and ex-officers. Air Council Letters of Appreciation of special service. Preparation of records of service including those on Form 731 for use at Courts Martial.
AR 9 (b)
G D Stirling	Higher Clerical Officer	Disclosure of information to to the public, RAF Commands and other Government Departments regarding officers and ex-officers. Receipt of airmen's documents on appointment to commissions. Enquiries as to eligibility for Flying Badge in respect of previous service. Correspondence relative to compassionate leave cases. Compilation and disposal of Ministry of Labour and National Service Forms NS163 and UI3XS. Liaison with Accounts 13 regarding Wills of commissioned ex-airmen reported as casualties. Issue of forms for sending telegrams to officers overseas at Inland rates.
AR 9 (c)
A S Peterkin	Higher Clerical Officer	Maintenance of all records of Dominion officers (excluding RCAF officers). Disposal of Service documents of Dominion officers and disclosure of Service information. Records of service for use at Courts Martial (Forms 731, Dominions (excluding RCAF) only). Liaison with Dominion Air Forces Authorities.
AR 9 (d)
		Medical records of officers. Preparation of medical history envelopes (Forms 48) other than for Dominion officers. Custody and disposal of Form 48 of officers serving in Air Ministry and overseas, (except Canada) and Group copy of Form 373 for officer serving in the Air Ministry. Initial action on Medical Board reports (Forms 47).

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL34 - Jan 1945)

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
J C Nerney	Librarian	Head of Branch Control of Libraries at Adastral House, King Charles Street and ICI House (MAP) Control of Air Historical Branch. Liaison with historical sections of the War Cabinet, Admiralty, USAAF and Dominion Air Forces and Joint Historical Research Section of the Commission of Control (Military Sections). Custody of RAF and Air Ministry records and documents of permanent historical value. Guidance on maintenance of Operations Records Books. Co-ordination of statistics for Synopsis of RAF War Effort. Selection and storage of aeronautical material for preservation in Museums in Great Britain and the Dominions. Liaison with museums and the Standing Committee on Museums and Galleries.
Libraries
J W Pavey	Staff Officer	Supervision of technical library (MAP). Foreign Periodicals Section. Distribution in MAP of confidential and secret publications for Service Ministries. Liaison with technical libraries, technical departments of Allied Governments and Learned Societies.
J Woulfe	Higher Clerical Officer	Supervision of Whitehall and Adastral House Libraries. Custody of duplicate Operations Record Books. Preparation of historical notes and answers to departmental queries. Liaison with Nation Central Library, the American Library of War Information and of libraries of other Government Departments.
Miss A M Holmes	Research Assistant	In charge of Adastral House Library. Accession of books and publications and maintenance of main catalogue and index.
Air Historical Branch
D G Richards	Senior Narrator
Preparations of historical monographs and narratives relating to RAF policy, operations and development as indicated Preliminary work for the Official History of the War. Preparation of lectures and monographs relating to RAF history.
T C G James O R Gayford C A Hoy H J Mackenzie-Wood J G D Clark L H L B Davies A Goodwin A W H Longstaff R B Wernham M C Hollis Miss M McClelland Miss C M Cochrane C S Laing	Narrator A/Cdre (Ret'd) Gp Capt Wg Cdr Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr Research Assistant Research Assistant SO	Fighter Operations and Development Aircraft Development Armament Training Photographic Reconnaissance Balloons Coastal Command Operations Radar Bomber Operations Mediterranean and North Africa - - -
J Lawrence	Maj	USAAF Liaison Officer
AHB 2
C Colgrave	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer Collection, recording and scrutiny of historical documents. Questions relating to operational records. Liaison with Recording Officers at Command and Group HQs.
AHB 3 (Aberystwyth)
Miss M Owen Miss M C Owen	Temporary Assistant Temporary Assistant	Collecting, cataloguing and indexing historical documents of the Air Ministry and of RAF records. Preparation of material for rersearch. Miscellaneous queries on Unit histories. Custody of RAF badges and trophies of units disbanded or proceeding overseas.
AHB 4
D G Jeffery	Flt Lt	Collection and storage of relics, trophies and other historical material for museum purposes. Liaison with Dominion Air Forces museum sections.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, 1944 - AIR 20/7517 (AL32 - Oct 1944)

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
J C Nerney	Librarian	Head of Branch Control of Libraries at Adastral House and King Charles Street. Control of Air Historical Branch. Liaison with historical sections of the Cabinet Offices Admiralty, USAAF and Dominion Air Forces. Questions relating to custody and reproduction of documents of joint Anglo-American interest. Custody of RAF and Air Ministry records and documents of permanent historical value. Guidance on maintenance of Operations Records Books. Air Ministry Secret Bindery. Selection and storage of aeronautical material for preservation in Museums in Great Britain and the Dominions. Liaison with museums and the Standing Committee on Museums and Galleries.
Libraries
A W Savage	Higher Executive Officer	Deputy Librarian Administration of Air Ministry Libraries.
J W Pavey	Staff Officer	Supervision of technical library (MAP) Foreign Periodicals Section. Distribution in MAP of confidential and secret publications for Service Ministries. Liaison with technical libraries, technical departments of Allied Governments and Learned Societies.
Vacant	Higher Clerical Officer	Custody of duplicate Operations Books. Preparation of historical notes and answers to departmental questions. Liaison with Nation Central Library, the American Library of War Information and of libraries of other Government Departments.
Miss A M Holmes	Research Assistant	In charge of Adastral House Library. Accession of books and publications and maintenance of main catalogue and index.
Air Historical Branch
D G Richards	Senior Narrator	Control of Section and editorial supervision of narratives.
Miss M McClelland	Junior Executive Officer
T C G James	Narrator	Air Defence	Narrators (Operations) Compilation of operational narratives for the Official History of the Royal Air Force and for confidential use of the Air Ministry and Staff Colleges.
Vacant	Sqn Ldr	Bomber Operations
J E Haire F H Flude		Naval Co-operation
J C R Davies	Sqn Ldr	The Campaign in NW Europe 1944-1945
J N White G T Johns J W Lyddeker	Sqn Ldr Sqn Ldr Narrator	Campaigns in the ME, North Africa and Italy
A V Chubb C S Laing Lady Dorothy Lygon Miss H M McCrae M L Mayer T M Turner	SO SO SO Research Assistant Research Assistant Research Assistant		Research Assistants (Operations) As above
C A Hoy S B Ravenhill	Gp Capt Fg Off	Armament	Attached Officers (Specialist subjects) Compilation of historical monographs on subjects as listed (left) for confidential service use.
W G E Hayman R J Wilson	Wg Cdr Flt Lt	Servicing and Repair
J G McCartney	Sqn Ldr	Balloon Defences
H N Jerman	Sqn Ldr	Anglo-American Air Co-operation
J D Eshelby	Sqn Ldr	Radar
K E Bagley	Sqn Officer	Air/Sea Rescue
N Robson	Flt Lt	RAF Regiment and Ground Defence
T E Winslow	Flt Lt	Royal Observer Corps
A Crawley	Flt Lt	Escape and Evasion
R Cranna		Meteorology
J V Fin	Capt, SAAF	Historical Liaison Officer
Mrs G J Salzer	Research Assistant	German Records
AHB 2
C Colgrave	Higher Clerical Officer	Branch Security Officer Collection, recording and scrutiny of historical documents from RAF Units. Questions relating to operational records. Liaison with Recording Officers at Command and Group HQs. Custody of RAF badges and trophies of units disbanded or proceeding overseas.
AHB 3
Miss M Owen Miss B Clay Vacant Vacant	Temporary Assistant Temporary Assistant Temporary Assistant Temporary Assistant	Collection, cataloguing and indexing historical documents of the Air Ministry and RAF records. Preparation of material for research.
AHB 4
D G Jeffery	Sqn Ldr	Collection and storage of relics, trophies and other historical material for museum purposes. Liaison with Dominion Air Forces museum sections.

Source - List of Staff and Distribution of Duties, January 1945 - AIR 20/7518 (AL45 - Dec 1945)

Name	Status	Role/Duties
Non-Industrial civilian establishments at outstations (other than those dealt with by S2) Appointments, postings, promotions, etc, of the staff covered by item 1. General questions affecting non-industrial civilian outstation staff. Administration of the Royal Observer Corps, the Civilian Technical Corps and the Air Ministry Constabulary. Printing and stationery; control of Air Publications and Forms Store; issue of Air Ministry Orders and publications.
H T Smith	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
C J Pridmore	Principal	Control of S 5 (d) and S 5 (e)
R H Prince	Senior Executive Officer	Control of S 5 (m)
P Wright	Senior Staff Officer	Stationary and Printing Officer Control of S 5 (b), S 5 (c), S 5 (AMOs) and APFS
H E Musgrave	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 5 (a), S 5 (f) and S 5 (g)
S 5 (a)
H H Livett P S Hood	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Reconstruction, re-instatement, welfare, establishment of temporary staff; BCP; editing of AP826
S 5 (b)
S Hill	Staff Officer	Deputy to Stationery and Printing Officer.
S 5 (b) 1
J C Hudson	Higher Clerical Officer	Supply of stationery and office requisites, typewriters, duplicators, reproduction machines and office systems equipment. Distribution of AMOs, Office Instruction, etc, within the Air Ministry (London Area)
S 5 (b) 2
C Johnson	Higher Clerical Officer	Arrangements for printing and duplicating of secret and confidential documents, Air Publications, Meteorological Office publications, Air Ministry pamphlets, miscellaneous printing, posters, booklets and photoprints. Supply of educational and published books, Parliamentary and non-Parliamentary publications, etc and other Government Department publications. Cash accounts for local purchases of stationery .
S 5 (b) 3
H J Minchinton	Higher Clerical Officer	Arrangements for printing and duplicating of RAF Forms and Air Ministry Forms.
S 5 (AMOs)
Vacant Vacant	Staff Officer (also i/c of S 5 (c)) Higher Clerical Officer	Editing of AMOs, AMCOs and non-technical Air Publications
S 5 (c)
Vacant F S Bassett	Staff Officer (also i/c of S 5 (AMOs)) Higher Clerical Officer	Distribution of Secret and Confidential Publications (except Signals publications and Cabinet papers)
S 5 (d)
W A Davey W G Neale	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Discipline, Administration of Civilian Technical Corps and Air Ministry Constabulary.
S 5 (e)
C W Groom Miss G M Telford	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Administration of the Royal Observer Corps
S 5 (f)
S Clarke L Potts	Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Overseas staff - all questions, except establishments (see S 5 (m)), conditions of service (Pay, overtime, hours leave) for all staff - Home and Overseas.
S 5 (g)
F H Fidge	Staff Officer
S 5 (g) 1
Miss R W C Davies	Higher Clerical Officer	Personal records relating to all staff - Home and Overseas.
S 5 (g) 2
Miss L Anderson	Higher Clerical Officer	Recruitment, appointment, postings, exit of UK staff (except ROC and CTC)
S 5 (m)
F G Solomon L D Millo H W Purdom A W Sanvoisin	Staff Officer Staff Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	Establishment, Home and Overseas; Promotions; provision of staff for USAAF under reciprocal aid arrangements.
S 5 (Air Ministry Constabulary)
F J May T E Charlesworth	Superintendent-in-Charge Assistant Superintendent
Paper Economy Committee
Miss B M Woodham	Secretary
Air Publication and Forms Store (APFS) *
F J West P A Common	Supervisor - APFS Kensington Supervisor - APFS Harrogate	Custody and issue of Air Publications and RAF Forms
Air Publication and Forms Store (APFS)
F J West	Supervisor	Kensington
P A Common	Supervisor	Harrogate

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
R C Chilver	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
R L Sykes M W Low R Maudling Mrs M D Mitchell	Temporary Administrative Officer Temporary Administrative Officer Temporary Administrative Officer Temporary Administrative Assistant	Co-ordination and correspondence in the Department of CAS
Miss S G McLaren Vacant	Senior Temporary Assistant Higher Clerical Officer	Preparation of Air Council letters, memoranda, etc for the Department of the CAS. War Cabinet records. Air Ministry liaison with Inspector-General and Inspector of the WAAF

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
R C Chilver	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
M H Higgins M W Low Vacant Mrs M D Mitchell	Temporary Administrative Officer Temporary Administrative Officer Temporary Administrative Officer Temporary Administrative Officer	Co-ordination and correspondence in the Department of CAS
Miss S G McLaren Vacant	Senior Temporary Assistant Higher Clerical Officer	Preparation of Air Council letters, memoranda, etc for the Department of the CAS. War Cabinet records. Air Ministry liaison with Inspector-General and Inspector of the WAAF

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
Correspondence and co-ordination in the department of the AMP of all policy and questions affecting the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Liaison with and secretarial duties for DWAAF. Personnel policy questions affecting conditions of service and promotion of WAAF officers. General question affecting selection, promotion and exit of WAAF officers. Provision of secretaries for selection and promotion boards. Records of WAAF officers. General questions regarding recruitment, exit and conditions of service of airwomen; welfare; complaints. Constitutional, legal and disciplinary questions affecting WAAF personnel. NB - S 11 maintains close contact with S 7 on questions affecting both RAF and WAAF.
E A Sharing	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
Miss V Forman	Principal	Control of S 11 (a) and S 11 (c) Secretary of WAAF Advisory Council.
Vacant	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 11 (b). KR and ACI for the WAAF. Secretary of WAAF Substitution Committee.
Miss M J Garrod	Temporary Administrative Assistant
S 11 (a)
W J Cain	Staff Officer	Head of Branch Secretarial duties for the Standing Committee to consider the substitution of WAAF for RAF personnel.
Miss G E Lyle Miss K M Brown	Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	All matters relating to the discharge of airwomen.
G E Mayhew	Higher Clerical Officer	Minor policy questions. Conditions of service and personal questions relating to airwomen; selection of recruits for special duties Correspondence connected with security enquiries; correspondence with the public and with other Government Departments.
S 11 (b)
G E Mayhew	Staff Officer	Head of Section.
F A Dennis	Higher Clerical Officer	Conditions of service and personal questions; disclosure of service information and selection for special duties relating to airwomen. Security enquires. General enquires by the public. WAAF demobilisation and repatriation questions.
A R Thomsett	Higher Clerical Officer	Recommendations of airwomen for commissions; arrangement of Selection Boards and secretarial duties for selection boards. OCTU and training courses arrangements; postings and results of courses. Intake of officers questions and waiting lists for commissions. Letters of appointment and gazettement of officers, including women Medical and Dental Officers. Transfers of officer between branches.
S 11 (c)
F W Godwin	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
Miss E M Evans	Higher Clerical Officer	Person records of WAAF officers; Medical Boards; leave records; temporary releases, resignations and invaliding of WAAF officers. Disclosure of Service information regarding officers and ex-officers.
Miss H E N Ludkin	Higher Clerical Officer	Promotions of WAAF officers, including secretarial duties for promotion boards; confirmation in rank; confidential reports; secretarial duties for WAAF officers' overseas selection boards

Name	Status/Rank	Role/Duties
Correspondence and co-ordination in the department of the AMP of all policy and questions affecting the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Liaison with and secretarial duties for DWAAF. Personnel policy questions affecting conditions of service and promotion of WAAF officers. General question affecting selection, promotion and exit of WAAF officers. Provision of secretaries for selection and promotion boards. Records of WAAF officers. General questions regarding recruitment, discharge or temporary release of airwomen; welfare; complaints. Constitutional, legal and disciplinary questions affecting WAAF personnel. King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the WAAF. NB - S 11 maintains close contact with S 7, S10 and S 12 on questions affecting both RAF and WAAF.
E A Sharing	Assistant Secretary	Head of Division
Miss V Forman	Principal	Control of S 11 (a) and S 11 (c) Secretary of WAAF Advisory Council.
W J Cain	Senior Staff Officer	Control of S 11 (b). KR and ACI for the WAAF. Secretary of WAAF Substitution Committee.
Miss M J Garrod	Temporary Administrative Assistant
S 11 (a)
R F Fountain	Staff Officer	Head of Branch Drafting and local recruitment of WAAF overseas - co-ordination of action. Complaints by the public or MPs regarding individual airwomen.
Miss G E Lyle Miss D Aldridge Miss K M Brown	Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer Higher Clerical Officer	All matters relating to the discharge or temporary release from the WAAF. Transfers of airwomen to the Women's Forces of allied or dominion governments. Circulation and custody of Inspector of WAAF reports.
S 11 (b)
G E Mayhew	Staff Officer	Head of Section.
F A Dennis	Higher Clerical Officer	Conditions of service and personal questions; disclosure of service information and selection for special duties relating to airwomen. Security enquires. General enquires by the public. WAAF demobilisation and repatriation questions.
A R Thomsett	Higher Clerical Officer	Recommendations of airwomen for commissions; arrangement of Selection Boards and secretarial duties for selection boards. OCTU and training courses arrangements; postings and results of courses. Intake of officers questions and waiting lists for commissions. Letters of appointment and gazettement of officers, including women Medical and Dental Officers. Transfers of officer between branches.
S 11 (c)
F W Godwin	Staff Officer	Head of Branch
Miss E M Evans	Higher Clerical Officer	Person records of WAAF officers; Medical Boards; leave records; temporary releases, resignations and invaliding of WAAF officers. Disclosure of Service information regarding officers and ex-officers.
Miss H E N Ludkin	Higher Clerical Officer	Promotions of WAAF officers, including secretarial duties for promotion boards; confirmation in rank; confidential reports; secretarial duties for WAAF officers' overseas selection boards