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 RAF Mediterranean and Middle East - Personnel, locations and units

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This HQ was formed from Middle East Command on 31 July 1945.

September 1945

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Caserta, CMF

Rear HQ Med/ME - Cairo, CMF

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Guy Garrod 16 Mar 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, MAAF and Commander-in-Chief, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, KCB, OBE, MC, DFC; later ACM
AVM George B A Baker  1 Jul 1944 Chief of Staff RAF (Air), CB, CBE, MC
AVM Francis J Fogarty  2 Mar 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr R A Burrows 16 Mar 1945 Personal Staff Officer to Deputy AC-in-C
Sqn Ldr N K Price  1 Jul 1944 Personal Assistant to CoS
Air Staff
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
A/Cdre John H Edwardes Jones  8 May 1945 Deputy Director of Operations, CBE, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt J C E Luard 27 Aug 1943  
Gp Capt F J Sherman 10 Oct 1944  
Gp Capt Fred J Rump 19 Feb 1944 OBE; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R B Packenham 28 Dec 1944  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Col  E Stableford 16 Mar 1945  
Col J Lorentz 13 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H C Wardlow 16 Jul 1943  
Wg Cdr T D Craven  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Bourneman  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R J le Grand  1 Mar 1943  
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J R Watson  1 Sep 1944  
Wg Cdr

Stanley B Grant

21 Nov 1944 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr E C Williams  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr N H Sharpe 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr G E F Goode 10 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr J A D Sturges 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr R W Pye 12 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F H Ward  1 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H H Drummond 30 Apr 1945 AFC, DFM
Wg Cdr T D Misselbrook  1 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr G N W Saunders  6 May 1945  
Wg Cdr J E Ford  6 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr R S L Bowker  1 Mar 1943  
Sqn Ldr A W Motion  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E Fielden 22 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr R M Barrington-Reinganum  7 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J M Thoday  1 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr W H Angus  1 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Every  6 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr P D Whiting  1 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Angles  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C C Spicer  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Charlesby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Potts  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J G Tedd  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R F Yorke  8 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J C Taylor  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr W E McAlpine 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C H Saunders  3 Mar 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G R D Toogood 22 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J S Tucker 14 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C J J Sperring 14 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr E F Neilson  1 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr G R Betton-Foster 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B L Higgins 29 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr A H M Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J C Burt 18 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr A E Kilsby 15 Feb 1945 DFC
Administrative Staff
A/Cdre Roland G Seymour  1 Jan 1944 Organisation
Gp Capt K F T Pickles  1 Jan 1944 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt C Hanson-Abbott  1 Jan 1944 MBE
Gp Capt F H Laurence  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt I H M Mason  1 Jan 1944  
Gp Capt E S Finch 16 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R D Barlas  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr K S M Stock  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr C E Beer  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr R E W Little  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J H C Ward  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E A Grant 16 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr L R Mumby 20 Aug 1944  
Wg Cdr S L Swain  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr T A Symes  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr W G N Cutts 20 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr A C Harper 18 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  6 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr F R Cook 14 Apr 1945  
Wg Cdr J Digby  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G J Haynes  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr M R E Swanwick  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A D Foster  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F T Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr A C Woolf  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Davey 21 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr A Langley 11 Mar 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Wyness 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr W C Van Wyck 19 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G H Roker 10 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Terry 22 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr J A O'Callaghan 20 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr A N Barrowcliffe  6 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Thomas 11 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J W Bennett 24 Jun 1944 OBE
Sqn Ldr D W Sherwen  5 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr H C Whitehead 12 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr A G Roberts 23 Jan 1845  
Sqn Ldr T H Morgan  4 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 9 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F B Sykes  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr I S Findley 23 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr D S Downs 19 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr C Conroy  6 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr N P Clough  9 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr J R Cuthbertson  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr A A Harley 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H R Middleton 21 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E Storey  5 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr J E L Harrison  4 May 1945  
Sqn Ldr W L Blackbourne 26 May 1945  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre John F Titmas  8 Jan 1945  
Gp Capt J S French 28 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr L A W Deane  3 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr R A Harding 12 Apr 1944  
Sqn Ldr N W Pendleton 28 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr D C Walker  1 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr R J Burry 21 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr S L Roberts  2 Mar 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
AVM Robert S Aitken 25 Feb 1944 Command Signals Officer, CBE, MC, AFC
Gp Capt Alexander M Rodgers 20 Aug 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt N D Gilbert-Smith 22 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr S Humphrey-Owen  1 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr J D S Huxley 14 Dec 1944  
Sqn Ldr W J Reason  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr P J Dunlop  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr F E Gutteridge  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr E C Smith  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C P J Gilroy 23 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr A Jennings 28 Aug 1944  
Armament
Gp Capt A W Geoghegan 10 Dec 1944  
Accountant
A/Cdre Ivor L Wincer 12 Sep 1944  
Gp Capt E J Grout  3 Feb 1945  
Wg Cdr H R Withers  4 Feb 1944 OBE
Wg Cdr H C Staines 18 Mar 1944  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 28 Apr 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr L R Pentelow  1 Apr 1944  
Legal
Wg Cdr E M Trounson  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr T U Liddle  1 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr J E Owen-Jones  1 Jul 1944  
Sqn Ldr P H Layton  1 Jun 1945  
Medical
AVM T J Kelly 21 Feb 1944 MC, MD, ChB
Gp Capt W J G Walker  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr E B Bright  1 Jan 1944 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr T D L Bolan  1 Jan 1944 LRCP & S
Sqn Ldr W O Davies  1 Jan 1944 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr J H Ward 13 Aug 1944 MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr W N Whiteside  1 Apr 1945 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr F L Jenkins  1 Jun 1944  
Dental
Gp Capt F F Kennedy 10 Sep 1944 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E, LTh, BA
Rev D G Brook   PMUB, MC
Rev P J O'Connell   RC, STL
Physical Training
Sqn Ldr P E Davis 30 Oct 1944  
Photography
Wg Cdr S J Hargrave  1 Jan 1944  
Educational
Mr B Steel  1 Dec 1943 MC, BA, RAFVR
Mr B J Lynch 25 Jan 1944 BSc, DPh, RAFVR
Mr R W Fowler 25 Jan 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Works
Mr A R Macrae  4 Apr 1944 BSc (Eng), AMICE
Meteorological
Wg Cdr P J Meade  7 Sep 1942 OBE
Sqn Ldr T H Kirk  3 Oct 1942  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Gp Capt A Bowden   Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt E W Broadberry   Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer, MC
Wg Cdr H E Brown    
Wg Cdr C F Burden    
Sqn Ldr S Muller    
Flt Lt E Blade 25 Oct 1944  
Flt Lt A H Stoneham  4 Jul 1944  
Flt Lt N W Kemp  2 Mar 1945  
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off M H Barnett  5 Aug 1945 WAAF
RAF Regiment
 Col H M Salmon  1 Jan 1944
Sqn Ldr C Harding 22 Aug 1944
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt C R Richdale  1 Jan 1944 Provost Marshal, CBE
Wg Cdr L M Blone-Jones  7 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr W J Rivers 22 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr R D Heanly 13 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E P Davies  5 Jan 1944  

 

Rear HQ
Maintenance Staff
AVM Ernest J Cuckney 17 May 1945 CBE, DSC
A/Cdre Edward A Burridge  8 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt E W Broadberry 22 Sep 1944 MC
Gp Capt John E R Sowman 28 Aug 1943 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt J M Glaisher 19 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr H E Brown 28 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr B C A Fox 19 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr P R S Gutteridge  2 Feb 1944  
Wg Cdr F H Maddox 25 Jan 1944  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 24 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr T H Snelling 29 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 10 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr S H Latham  5 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr H V Walder 28 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S A Armstrong 11 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr C E Bradley 10 Jan 1945  
Sqn Ldr B E Bullman 29 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr G Edney  6 Jan 1944  
Sqn Ldr D F Fairburn 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D R Forssander 20 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr H L Hall  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 21 Aug 1944  
Sqn Ldr K W Jemmet 28 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr S McGinn 10 Jun 1944  
Sqn Ldr S Muller  3 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J H Pallant  2 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr N Roberts 15 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Terry 27 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr O R Turner 28 Dec 1943  
Sqn Ldr C J Fox  2 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr H C Kendall 16 Apr 1945  
Administrative Staff
Sqn Ldr W J Brown 18 May 1944  
Sqn Ldr R J Custerson  9 Apr 1945  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
Wg Cdr H C Page  5 Feb 1944  
Sqn Ldr D S Jewell 11 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr A K Taylor 30 Nov 1944  
Armament
Wg Cdr C F Burden  4 Jul 1944  
Wg Cdr H Lyons 11 Apr 1944  

Source - September 1945 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/3839)

The Rear HQ was disbanded on 16 October 1945.

April 1946

Address Controlled
Cairo

Groups: -

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir Charles E H Medhurst  8 Feb 1945 Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC; later ACM
AVM

George H Mills

 15 Jul 1945 Air Officer i/c Administration, DFC; later AM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C, DFC, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 18 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
Personnel Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Maintenance Staff
AVM Ernest J Cuckney 17 Sep 1945  CB, CBE, DSC

Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 Command Accountant, CBE

Medical
AVM T J Kelly 13 Mar 1943 Principal Medical Officer, CBE, MC, MD, ChB, KHS

Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec1945 BDS

Educational
Mr B Steel  1 Dec 1945 Command Education Officer, MC, BA, RAFVR

Meteorological
Gp Capt R P Batty  1 Nov 1942 Chief Meteorological Officer

Works
A/Cdre J W Moncur 23 Sep 1942 Chief Engineer, MICE

Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
A/Cdre B C Holmer 28 May 1942 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to AOC-in-C

Source - April 1946 Air Force List

July 1946

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Cairo  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt R Y Eccles  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt A W Geoghegan  1 Nov 1945  
Gp Capt W A Richardson 20 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt K M M Wasse 19 Oct 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R O Buskell 27 Sep 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr A E Crouchley 20 Nov 1939  
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Michael D Lyne

 2 Jan 1945 AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr E L West 30 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Kirkby 13 Aug 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F A Pentycross 13 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr P N Smith 27 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr H J Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr E A Reilly  3 Sep 1939  
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Dann 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W N Booth 10 Jul 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr S N Hancock 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G S Hulse 29 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Off A B Morris  1 Nov 1945  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt H V Hoskins 26 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt T G Mapplebeck 13 Mar 1945  
Gp Capt C H Masters 28 Jun 1945  
Gp Capt H R McL Reid 19 Sep 1945 DFC
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr W H Bentley 29 May 1942 OBE
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr N E Reeves 18 Sep 1945 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster  7 Aug 1945 AFC
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr H A F Summers 16 Jan 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr L M Blome-Jones 19 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr Edward L Frith  3 Dec 1945 later AVM
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D Sloan 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr B Mendelssohn 20 Jul 1942  
Sqn Ldr H C C Carver 18 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H B Hunt 29 Jul 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr D M Barrett 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr S J Gentle 27 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G Dean 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A S Higgs  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr J A Sabourin 15 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr F E Darter  9 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr D H Garrett  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Mordaunt  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr D R West 28 Feb 1946  
Sqn Off A A Lee 14 May 1945  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt B H Ashton  1 Mar 1946  
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr P R S Gutteridge 21 Jun 1945  
Wg Cdr W H G Hampshire 20 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G Tyler 30 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Addis  2 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R H Cadier 19 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J McDuff 27 Jul 1945 OBE
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr W G Mees 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr L C N Penney 15 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr W P Shead  8 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Andrew 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr E S Cooper  2 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr A Doyle 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W G Womersley  2 Apr 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt I B Newbigging  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr A W Coe 26 Jul 1945  
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Kenneth B S Willder

 21 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr E E Harris  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr B W V Tytherleigh  1 Nov 1945  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 CBE
Gp Capt A J Moore 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R C S Ellison  9 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt D A Wilson 29 Nov 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DMRE, DMR
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R W Stevenson  4 Oct 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr C G K Thompson 10 May 1945 MB, ChB, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J Cleland  3 Mar 1946 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946  
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Sqn Ldr A T G Garnett 30 Jul 1945 LDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Educational
Mr B J Lynch 25 Jan 1944 BSc, DPh, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Meteorological
Gp Capt R P Batty  1 Nov 1942  
Wg Cdr E Chambers 23 May 1945  
Works
Gp Capt K C Mann 11 May 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S Muller 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr J G Rutledge 27 Dec 1944  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre B C Homer 28 May 1942 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off F H Hanbury 21 Jul 1945 MBE, WAAF
Wg Off J M Williamson  7 Jul 1945 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr R J Cody 15 Jul 1943
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt J R Appleton  4 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr L H C Auys  9 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr G A Isbell 20 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr R M Barrington-Reinganum  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H McCarthy 19 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J B Yates 14 Oct 1945  

Source - July 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5239)

August 1946

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Cairo  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt E R E Black  5 May 1946 OBE
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt R Y Eccles  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt A W Geoghegan  1 Nov 1945  
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt W A Richardson 20 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R O Buskell 27 Sep 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr A E Crouchley 20 Nov 1939  
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Michael D Lyne

 2 Jan 1945 AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr E L West 30 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Kirkby 13 Aug 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F A Pentycross 13 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr P N Smith 27 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S R Walton 14 May 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr E A Reilly  3 Sep 1939  
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J Dann 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W N Booth 10 Jul 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr S N Hancock 22 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr G S Hulse 29 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J T Hancock 30 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt H V Hoskins 26 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt T G Mapplebeck 13 Mar 1945  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt H R McL Reid 19 Sep 1945 DFC
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr N E Reeves 18 Sep 1945 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr M G L Foster  7 Aug 1945 AFC
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr H A F Summers 16 Jan 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr L M Blome-Jones 19 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr Edward L Frith  3 Dec 1945 later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D Sloan 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr B Mendelssohn 20 Jul 1942  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr H B Hunt 29 Jul 1945 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr H J Franklin  2 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr S J Gentle 27 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G Dean 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A S Higgs  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr J A Sabourin 15 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr F E Darter  9 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr D H Garrett  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Mordaunt  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr D R West 28 Feb 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt B H Ashton  1 Mar 1946  
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr P R S Gutteridge 21 Jun 1945  
Wg Cdr W H G Hampshire 20 Nov 1944  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G Tyler 30 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Addis  2 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R H Cadier 19 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J McDuff 27 Jul 1945 OBE
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr W G Mees 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr L C N Penney 15 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Andrew 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr E S Cooper  2 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr A Doyle 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W G Womersley  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Richards 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr L W Woodward  1 Apr 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Kenneth B S Willder

 21 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E E Kirk 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H F Jacob  6 Nov 1945  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 CBE
Gp Capt W R Westcombe 17 May 1946  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R C S Ellison  9 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt D A Wilson 29 Nov 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DMRE, DMR
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr R W Stevenson  4 Oct 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr C G K Thompson 10 May 1945 MB, ChB, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J Cleland  3 Mar 1946 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946  
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Sqn Ldr A T G Garnett 30 Jul 1945 LDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Educational
Mr B J Lynch 25 Jan 1944 BSc, DPh, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Meteorological
Gp Capt R P Batty  1 Nov 1942  
Wg Cdr E Chambers 23 May 1945  
Works
Gp Capt K C Mann 11 May 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S Muller 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre B C Homer 28 May 1942 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Williamson  7 Jul 1945 WAAF
Sqn Off A A Lee  1 Nov 1945 WAAF
Sqn Off M M S Bates 15 Jun 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt J R Appleton  4 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr L H C Auys  9 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr G A Isbell 20 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr R M Barrington-Reinganum  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H McCarthy 19 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J B Yates 14 Oct 1945  

Source - August 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5239)

September 1946

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Cairo  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt R Y Eccles  1 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt W A Richardson 20 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr R O Buskell 27 Sep 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr E L West 30 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Kirkby 13 Aug 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr F A Pentycross 13 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr P N Smith 27 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr S R Walton 14 May 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr S L Ring  1 Jun 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W N Booth 10 Jul 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr G S Hulse 29 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J T Hancock 30 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr R S Crawford 21 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J R Moir 25 Jun 1946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt H V Hoskins 26 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt T G Mapplebeck 13 Mar 1945  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr N E Reeves 18 Sep 1945 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr W N Perioli 21 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr H A F Summers 16 Jan 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr L M Blome-Jones 19 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr Edward L Frith  3 Dec 1945 later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D Sloan 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr P C Rich  1 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr B Mendelssohn 20 Jul 1942  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr H J Franklin  2 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr S J Gentle 27 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr E G Dean 19 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A S Higgs  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr J A Sabourin 15 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr F E Darter  9 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Mordaunt  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr D R West 28 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Pardy  1 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W W Ryan 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Tweedy  1 Feb 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt B H Ashton  1 Mar 1946  
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr L F O Oldridge 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Addis  2 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R H Cadier 19 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr W G Mees 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr L C N Penney 15 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr J H Andrew 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr A Doyle 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W G Womersley  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Richards 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr L W Woodward  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr S C Matthews  1 Jul 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Kenneth B S Willder

 21 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E W Long  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E E Kirk 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C L Hamilton 27 Jun 1946  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 CBE
Gp Capt W R Westcombe 17 May 1946  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R C S Ellison  9 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt D A Wilson 29 Nov 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DMRE, DMR
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) J Cleland  3 Mar 1946 MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946  
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Educational
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Mr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Wg Cdr E Chambers 23 May 1945  
Works
Gp Capt K C Mann 11 May 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr S Muller 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre B C Homer 28 May 1942 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Wg Off J M Williamson  7 Jul 1945 WAAF
Sqn Off A A Lee  1 Nov 1945 WAAF
Sqn Off M M S Bates 15 Jun 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt J R Appleton  4 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr L H C Auys  9 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr G A Isbell 20 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J B Yates 14 Oct 1945  

Source - September 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5239)

October 1946

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Cairo  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt W A Richardson 20 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr E L West 30 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Kirkby 13 Aug 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr F I Rump  4 Aug 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr R C Warner  6 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr S L Ring  1 Jun 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Hulse 29 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Moir 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R V Alexander 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J F Higham  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J R Lapham 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt H V Hoskins 26 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr W N Perioli 21 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edward L Frith  3 Dec 1945 later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D Sloan 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr P C Rich  1 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr B Mendelssohn 20 Jul 1942  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A Sabourin 15 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr G Mordaunt  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W W Ryan 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J B A Fleming 19 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N A Horlock  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Leckie  9 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Kratt 18 Jun 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Alan Pyke 29 Jul 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Addis  2 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr W G Mees 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr A Doyle 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W G Womersley  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Richards 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr L W Woodward  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr S C Matthews  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Kenneth B S Willder

 21 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E W Long  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C L Hamilton 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C E Mason 29 Jun 1946  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 CBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt D A Wilson 29 Nov 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DMRE, DMR
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946  
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Educational
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Mr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Wg Cdr E Chambers 23 May 1945  
Works
Gp Capt K C Mann 11 May 1945  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Wg Off J M Williamson  7 Jul 1945 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Spencer 25 Mar 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off M M S Bates 15 Jun 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt J R Appleton  4 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr L H C Auys  9 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr G A Isbell 20 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr T H McCarthy 16 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  

Source - October 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5240)

November 1946

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Cairo  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt W A Richardson 20 Feb 1946  
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr E L West 30 Oct 1944  
Wg Cdr R E Kirkby 13 Aug 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr F I Rump  4 Aug 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr R C Warner  6 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr S L Ring  1 Jun 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Hulse 29 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Moir 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R V Alexander 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J F Higham  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J R Lapham 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt H V Hoskins 26 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr W N Perioli 21 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edward L Frith  3 Dec 1945 later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D Sloan 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr P C Rich  1 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr B Mendelssohn 20 Jul 1942  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A Sabourin 15 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr G Mordaunt  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W W Ryan 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J B A Fleming 19 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N A Horlock  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Leckie  9 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Kratt 18 Jun 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Alan Pyke 29 Jul 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Addis  2 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr W G Mees 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr A Doyle 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W G Womersley  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Richards 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr S C Matthews  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Kenneth B S Willder

 21 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E W Long  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C L Hamilton 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C E Mason 29 Jun 1946  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 CBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt D A Wilson 29 Nov 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DMRE, DMR
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946  
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Mr C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Mr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Wg Cdr E Chambers 23 May 1945  
Works
Mr K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Spencer 25 Mar 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off M M S Bates 15 Jun 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off A A Lee  1 Nov 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt J R Appleton  4 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr L H C Auys  9 Aug 1945  
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr G A Isbell 20 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr T H McCarthy 16 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  

Source - November 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5240)

December 1946

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Cairo  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt John B Voyce 30 Apr 1945 DFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr F I Rump  4 Aug 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr R C Warner  6 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr S L Ring  1 Jun 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr G S Hulse 29 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Moir 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R V Alexander 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J F Higham  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J R Lapham 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr K J Plested  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G Swan 26 Aug 1946 MBE
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt H V Hoskins 26 Apr 1945  
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr W N Perioli 21 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr Edward L Frith  3 Dec 1945 later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D Sloan 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr P C Rich  1 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie  5 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W F Howe 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A Sabourin 15 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr G Mordaunt  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J B A Fleming 19 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N A Horlock  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Leckie  9 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Kratt 18 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Alan Pyke 29 Jul 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E A Bradley  8 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr T H Addis  2 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr W G Mees 15 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W G Womersley  2 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Richards 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr S C Matthews  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J T O Collins 31 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Long  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C L Hamilton 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C E Mason 29 Jun 1946  
Accountant
A/Cdre Richard Whyte 10 Dec 1945 CBE
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt D A Wilson 29 Nov 1945 MRCS, LRCP, DMRE, DMR
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) D Davies  1 Oct 1946 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Mr C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Mr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Wg Cdr E Chambers 23 May 1945  
Works
Mr K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Spencer 25 Mar 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off M M S Bates 15 Jun 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr G A Isbell 20 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  

Source - December 1946 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5240

The HQ moved to RAF Ismailia on 10 December 1946.

January 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Norman A P Pritchett 15 Dec 1945 Senior Air Staff Officer
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr A M Brown 12 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr W G New  1 Apr 1944  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr P Smiddy  3 Dec 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Moir 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R V Alexander 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J F Higham  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J R Lapham 31 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G Swan 26 Aug 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W C S Thomas  
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr P C Rich  1 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie  5 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R V Millington  7 Oct 1944  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr M M Mair 25 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Dowling  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young 16 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J B A Fleming 19 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr N A Horlock  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Kratt 18 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

John C Pope

 31 Aug 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Alan Pyke 29 Jul 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Richards 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr S C Matthews  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr J T O Collins 31 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C L Hamilton 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C E Mason 29 Jun 1946  
Accountant
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Gp Capt A A Newberry 15 Oct 1 945  
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Wg Cdr R Maycock 16 Feb 1945 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) D Davies  1 Oct 1946 MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Mr C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Mr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
Mr K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Burden  9 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
A/Cdre F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Spencer 25 Mar 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off M M S Bates 15 Jun 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  

Source - January 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5241)

February 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt R C H Crosthwaite 20 Jul 1945  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt Richard Kellett 10 Jun 1946 CBE, DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr H K Dawson-Shepherd 15 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J Greenhalgh 15 May 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M A Harker 10 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr F H G Bangs 11 Feb 1945  
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Moir 25 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J F Higham  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A G Swan 26 Aug 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr W C S Thomas  
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1 946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt D L Coote 25 Oct 1945 Senior Personnel Staff Officer
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr A James  9 Feb 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr G W Petre  9 Feb 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr P C Rich  1 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr H M Fisher  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr T G Mahaddie  5 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr J V Mulholland 21 Aug 1945  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr T Magner 30 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr P F Blackford 19 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr N A Horlock  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr A Kratt 18 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr E V Alexander 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt W D J Michie 13 Nov 1946  
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J E Brown  2 Mar 1945  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr K F MacKenzie  1 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr S O Osborne 19 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr E F Clarkson 20 Nov 1945 AFC
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr K A Mummery  2 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr S C Matthews  1 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W R Banks  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L Block 28 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt

Michael Watson

 15 Jun 1946 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C E Mason 29 Jun 1946  
Accountant
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R D Pratt 10 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Mr C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Mr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
Mr K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Spencer 25 Mar 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  

Source - February 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5241)

March 1947

This edition is not available

Source - March 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5241)

April 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM Francis J Fogarty 16 Jun 1946 Air Officer i/c Administration,  DFC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Petre 21 Jun 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F E W Dean  1 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W C S Thomas 31 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1 946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W F Anning 12 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R P S Harridence 12 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt W D J Michie 13 Nov 1946  
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W D Symes 14 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr R A J Horne 18 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr H G Jones 26 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr S R Taylor  6 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C E Mason 29 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Accountant
Gp Capt J F R Eales-White  1 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr R Maycock  1 Nov 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Mr C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA, RAFVR
Mr E Knowles 10 Feb 1944 BSc, RAFVR
Mr D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI, RAFVR
Sqn Ldr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc, RAFVR
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945 Chief Aeronautical Inspection Officer
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr F P Hilton 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Gp Off E M Carby-Hall 14 Jul 1946 WAAF
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off M McManus 24 Dec 1946 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  

Source - April 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5242)

May 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
A/Cdre Frank Woolley 17 Feb 1943 OBE, DFC
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr H E Bufton  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr

William V Crawford-Compton

  9 Feb 1946 DSO*, DFC*; later AVM
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Petre 21 Jun 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F E W Dean  1 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1 946  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt R B Sutherland 10 Sep 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr T A Vaughan  9 Dec 1944  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J Digby 20 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W F Anning 12 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr R P S Harridence 12 Jan 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr R V Alexander 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr J A Jagger 14 Jul 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt W D J Michie 13 Nov 1946  
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Macken 15 May 1946 OBE
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr R A J Horne 18 Jan 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R E Powell 25 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C Wrighton 20 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones 22 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Akhurst 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr E A G Kirk 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Dunster  2 Oct 1945  
Accountant
Gp Capt J F R Eales-White  1 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr J S B Anderson 22 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Gp Capt C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr R Maycock  1 Nov 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA
Sqn Ldr (Dr) D J Addis  8 Dec 1944 ACGI
Sqn Ldr J K Silver 15 Aug 1946 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt E C W S Smith 11 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr W L James  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Hide 11 Mar 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr G A L Elliot 11 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1945  
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr P S Hall 14 Feb 1946  
Sqn Ldr B D Shaw  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S Sallows 10 Dec 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  

Source - May 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5242)

June 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Petre 21 Jun 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Chambers  5 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C B Peel  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1947  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W F Anning 12 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J A Jagger 14 Jul 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt W D J Michie 13 Nov 1946  
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr W A Easdown  9 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr R A J Horne 18 Jan 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Patient 17 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones 22 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Akhurst 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt J T Paine 28 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr G W Hancock  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J F R Eales-White  1 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt G W McAleer 20 Jan 1946 MB, ChB, DTM & H
Wg Cdr R Maycock  1 Nov 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M E McClelland 12 Mar 1947 MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev R N Shapley   C of E, MC, AKC
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt E C W S Smith 11 Mar 1947  
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Hide 11 Mar 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J S Sallows 10 Dec 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T Magner  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr E A G Kirk 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  

Source - June 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5242)

July 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Wg Cdr Anthony W Heward 27 Jul 1945 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Petre 21 Jun 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr D H Thomas  6 Jun 1946 DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C B Peel  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Prichard   DSO
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H B Johnson 20 Apr 1945 DFC
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr

Brian P Young

  9 Feb 1946 OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr A H Smythe 14 May 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W F Anning 12 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J A Jagger 14 Jul 1946  
Maintenance Staff
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt W D J Michie 13 Nov 1946  
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Gp Capt Edwin J Smith 26 Sep 1944 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr R A J Horne 18 Jan 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr P M Cox  5 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Patient 17 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones 22 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Akhurst 26 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr E A G Kirk 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt J T Paine 28 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr M L L Bathe  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Accountant
Gp Capt J F R Eales-White  1 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr Ernest L G Le Dieu 11 Oct 1945 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr R Maycock  1 Nov 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M E McClelland 12 Mar 1947 MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr L R Waters  5 Oct 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA
Wg Cdr J K Silver  1 Apr 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones  1 Mar 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Hide 11 Mar 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H N C Dixon  7 Nov 1944  
Sqn Ldr J S Sallows 10 Dec 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T Magner  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W Holmes 20 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  

Source - July 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5243)

August 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM Sir Brian E Baker  8 Nov 1945 Deputy Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC; later AM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
A/Cdre Walter J Seward  1 Jul 1946 Assistant Air Officer i/c Administration, CBE; later AVM
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Petre 21 Jun 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr

John A G Jackson

23 Jan 1946 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr D E Lyster  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C B Peel  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Prichard   DSO
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J A Jagger 14 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr R C Harbourne    
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne   CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre George B Beardsworth  1 Jan 1945 later AVM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Gp Capt A W Rule  3 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr E W Poppy 27 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr A C Mansbridge 15 Jan 1946  
Wg Cdr P G G Begrie 12 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr M J P de Froberville 30 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr R A J Horne 18 Jan 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr H J Watts  1 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Hobbs  1 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Patient 17 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones 22 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr E A G Kirk 15 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr A F Jones 30 Mar 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt J T Paine 28 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr F Bavin-Smith 15 Apr 1946 DFM
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J F R Eales-White  1 Dec 1946  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr H Crowther 20 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M E McClelland 12 Mar 1947 MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr L R Waters  5 Oct 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA
Wg Cdr J K Silver  1 Apr 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones  1 Mar 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Hide 11 Mar 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr M C R White 19 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr J S Sallows 10 Dec 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T Magner  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W Holmes 20 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr R T H Collis 22 Feb 1947  

Source - August 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5243)

September 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr J N Young 16 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G W Petre 21 Jun 1946 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C B Peel  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Prichard   DSO
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr R C Harbourne    
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Gp Capt R J M deSt Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Patient 17 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones 22 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A F Jones 30 Mar 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt J T Paine 28 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Accountant
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M E McClelland 12 Mar 1947 MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr L R Waters  5 Oct 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt C L M Brown 20 Sep 1946 OBE, MA
Wg Cdr J K Silver  1 Apr 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens 14 Sep 1945  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones  1 Mar 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off Lady D Barnes  4 Oct 1946 WAAF
Sqn Off J M Hide 11 Mar 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W Holmes 20 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  

Source - September 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5243)

October 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 Senior Air Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C B Peel  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Prichard   DSO
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr R C Harbourne    
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Patient 17 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones 22 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A F Jones 30 Mar 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt J T Paine 28 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Accountant
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M E McClelland 12 Mar 1947 MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr L R Waters  5 Oct 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock  8 Sep 1947 BA
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones  1 Mar 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt W K LeMay  1 Oct 1946 CBE
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W Holmes 20 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  

Source - October 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5244)

November 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
A/Cdre Andrew McKee  1 Dec 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; later AM
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Eric D McK Nelson 30 Aug  1946 later A/Cdre
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr J F Hutton 29 Apr 1946  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr John E M Mould 17 Sep 1945 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J B Wray 15 Jul 1946  
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr R I Alexander 21 Jan 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J D Matson 15 May 1946 AFC
Sqn Ldr J W Berry  1 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr P G McGibbon  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  7 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G E Lewis 25 Apr 1945  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr C A Vernieux 27 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr C B Peel  1 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr W F Austin 15 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr D L Prichard   DSO
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D McArthur 15 Oct 1945  
Wg Cdr Francis W Thompson  5 Oct 1946 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr L W Farrow 11 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr B R W Hallows  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr P P W Sands 15 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr D E Davies  5 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr R C Harbourne    
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr J A Hickey 24 Feb 1946  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Patient 17 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A F Jones 30 Mar 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams   CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley 14 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Eve 12 Dec 1945  
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr (Miss) M E McClelland 12 Mar 1947 MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr L R Waters  5 Oct 1946 MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock  8 Sep 1947 BA
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D W Richardson  1 Jan 1946  
Sqn Ldr D L Jones  1 Mar 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr B L Kearley 10 Nov 1945
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt R C Wilson    
Wg Cdr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr R G Stone 25 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W Holmes 20 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  

Source - November 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5244)

December 1947

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C H Fleming 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr J D M Sidebottom 28 May 1947 AFC
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr M C Wells  1 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr S Linnard  1 Jul 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr E K Piercy 31 May 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr E S Whittaker  4 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny 18 Aug 1947  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R J Custerton 15 Sep 1945  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr J B Connolly  2 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr A J Mackintosh 23 Jul 1945  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris  1 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J S Herring 28 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr O E Bartlett 15 Sep 1947 MBE
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams   CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock  8 Sep 1947 BA
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt R C Wilson    
Wg Cdr G A Hine 20 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr A H Harvey  7 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Mather 12 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Kenney  1 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  

Source - December 1947 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5244)

January 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr J D M Sidebottom 28 May 1947 AFC
Wg Cdr C H Fleming 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr S Linnard  1 Jul 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr E K Piercy 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr John Barraclough  5 Oct 1946 DFC*, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G Packe  3 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny 18 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr J B Connolly  2 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris  1 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J S Herring 28 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr O E Bartlett 15 Sep 1947 MBE
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams   CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J A Armstrong  9 May 1945 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr J V P Henniker-Heaton 25 Feb 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal (SIB)
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock  8 Sep 1947 BA
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre K C Mann 11 May 1945 BA, AMICE
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr R Hill 28 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Mather 12 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Kenney  1 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T P Magee  1 Oct 1947  

Source - January 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5245)

February 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM

Sir Charles E H Medhurst

  8 Feb 1945 Air Commander-in-Chief, KCB, OBE, MC; later ACM
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C H Fleming 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H E Bodien  9 Feb 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr B J Rock  5 Jul 1947 DFC
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr S Linnard  1 Jul 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr E K Piercy 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr L M Gilchrist  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Maintenance Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr S D Vaisey  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris  1 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J S Herring 28 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr O E Bartlett 15 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Robert C Wansbrugh 18 Apr 1946 Chief Signals Officer
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams   CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C W Allsop  1 Aug 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell   Deputy Provost Marshal
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock  8 Sep 1947 BA
Wg Cdr J R Morgan  1 Dec 1947 OBE, BSc, AMIMechE, AFRAeS
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Mather 12 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Kenney  1 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T P Magee  1 Oct 1947  

Source - February 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5245)

March 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C H Fleming 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr J Fifield  1 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr B J Rock  5 Jul 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr P J Fenton  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr E K Piercy 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr H L Ashley 14 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F J Mowbray  1 Aug 1947  
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr L W H Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr R O Sampson  9 Apr 1946  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell   Deputy Provost Marshal
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe 10 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A M Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt T G Whitlock  8 Sep 1947 BA
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr R Hill    
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr A W Jarvis  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr O E Bartlett 15 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris  1 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Miscellaneous Appointments
Wg Cdr P N Jennings 31 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Mather 12 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Kenney  1 Jul 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T P Magee  1 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr M N M Kennedy    

Source - March 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5245)

April 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt O A Morris  1 Jan 1947 DSO
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C H Fleming 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr B J Rock  5 Jul 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr G A Tunnidge    
Sqn Ldr C K Grey    
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr P J Fenton  
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F J Mowbray  1 Aug 1947  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr E Hills 13 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris  1 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr O E Bartlett  8 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R B Evans 12 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell   Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr R Hill    
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Sqn Ldr D Guye 19 Dec 1947
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Mather 12 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T P Magee  1 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr M N M Kennedy 15 Dec 1947  

Source - April 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5246)

May 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Wg Cdr R A Field  1 Nov 1945  
Wg Cdr D O F Lumsden  9 Feb 1946 DFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr C H Fleming 31 May 1947 DFC
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr A McAdam  6 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr R J Kelley 10 Apr 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr B J Rock  5 Jul 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr S F Walmsley  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr G A Tunnidge    
Sqn Ldr C K Grey    
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr P J Fenton  
Sqn Ldr J Fifield 29 Mar 1947  
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr J E Spillard 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F J Mowbray  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell    
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt Frederick J Manning 20 Jan 1947 Organisation, later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Balden 27 Sep 1946  
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr F L Edgerton 16 Sep 1944  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr L G Glanfield  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr C S P Russell 14 Aug 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M W Palmer 15 Oct 1945  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr G W J Cozens  1 Nov 1945  
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr E J Brandon  3 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr G Steele 17 Nov 1946 MBE
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr O E Bartlett  8 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell   Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt P B L Potter  7 Jul 1947 OBE, MD, ChB, DPH, DTM & H
Wg Cdr C Crowley  8 Oct 1946 MB, BCh, DPH
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L G Moy 24 Jan 1946 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev L Wright   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr R Hill    
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr A Cradock  3 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W J Mather 12 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Avery 29 Jan 1947  
Sqn Ldr T P Magee  1 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr M N M Kennedy 15 Dec 1947  

Source - May 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5246)

June 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt N V Moreton 10 May 1947  
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Gp Capt William J Crisham CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone   AFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Gribben   OBE
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J Fifield 29 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Drury  1 May 1948 DFC
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr Kenneth B S Willder  1 Apr 1947 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr F J Mowbray  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr G E DePinna    
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt A Harvey   MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight   MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves   Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt M J Pigott 21 Dec 1945 BDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr R Hill    
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr S P Coulson  1 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C King 21 Mar 1948 DFM

Source - June 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5246)

July 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt R V McIntyre  5 Oct 1946 DFC
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Gp Capt William J Crisham CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone   AFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Gribben   OBE
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J Fifield 29 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Drury  1 May 1948 DFC
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr G E DePinna    
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt A Harvey   MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight   MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves   Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr S P Coulson  1 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C King 21 Mar 1948 DFM

Source - July 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5247)

August 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Gp Capt William J Crisham CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone   AFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Gribben   OBE
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 Dec 1947 DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J Fifield 29 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Mowbray  5 Dec 1947  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Drury  1 May 1948 DFC
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr G E DePinna    
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt A Harvey   MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight   MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves   Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Brig E E E Cass 11 Sep 1945 CBE, DSO, MC
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr S P Coulson  1 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C King 21 Mar 1948 DFM

Source - August 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5247)

September 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Gp Capt William J Crisham CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone   AFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Gribben   OBE
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 Dec 1947 DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J Fifield 29 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Mowbray  5 Dec 1947  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Drury  1 May 1948 DFC
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J A Roncoroni  7 Aug 1946  
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr G E DePinna    
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr F D R Hynes 15 Apr 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt A Harvey   MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight   MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves   Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Gp Capt

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr S P Coulson  1 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C King 21 Mar 1948 DFM

Source - September 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5247)

October 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Gp Capt Fergus A Pearce  5 Oct 1946 OBE; later Act AVM
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948  
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr G D Lyster  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Gribben   OBE
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr F A Pentycross 15 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R I Alexander  1 Jan 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 Dec 1947 DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Sqn Ldr J Fifield 29 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr P J Mowbray  5 Dec 1947  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Drury  1 May 1948 DFC
Signals (Air)
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Administrative Staff
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Gp Capt J W Hunt 25 May 1946 CBE
Gp Capt R H Young 26 Apr 1946 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, CBE, DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr John H Searby 30 Ma 1947 DSO, DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr G A Sentance 15 Jul 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  
Sqn Ldr R T Llewellyn 13 Jun 1947 DFM
Sqn Ldr L W Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr C S Johnson 16 Sep 1947 DFC
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr G E DePinna    
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr L H W Barrett 21 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham  6 Apr 1946 MBE
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F E Dudley  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr D T Way 21 Sep 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Staffs of the Services
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 27 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Handsley 12 Jul 1946  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr K M Crick 10 Apr 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt A Harvey   MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight   MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves   Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev J R Appleyard   PMUB
Rev P J O'Connell   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C
WAAF Staff Officers
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
RAF Regiment
Gp Capt

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946
Miscellaneous Appointments
Sqn Ldr S P Coulson  1 Mar 1945  
Sqn Ldr C King 21 Mar 1948 DFM

Source - October 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5248)

November 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt W F C Hobson  5 Oct 1946  
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr P J Mowbray  5 Dec 1947  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr I C K Swales  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC, DFM
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr C O Cook 19 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W J Gardner 24 Oct 1946 OBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr P J Simpson 11 Feb 1947 DSO, DFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

RAF Regiment
Gp Capt

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr J A Richards 31 May 1946

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack    

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Administrative Staff
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Sqn Ldr M R Attwater  5 Oct 1946 DSO, DFC
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R S H Hook 17 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Personnel
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr L F Oldridge  1 Mar 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr R Bradshaw 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain    
Movements
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr L H Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM D McLaren 15 Apr 1946 CBE, MB, ChB
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight 10 May 1948 MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves 12 Apr 1948 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A G Abel  1 Feb 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WAAF Staff Officer
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr R L St G Saunders  3 Oct 1946  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Technical Co-ordination
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr R C Fordham 15 Dec 1947 MBE
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr W Johnson  1 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  

Source - November 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5248)

December 1948

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr P J Mowbray  5 Dec 1947  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr D J McGlinn  2 Oct 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

RAF Regiment
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack    

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Administrative Staff
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R S H Hook 17 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr L F Oldridge  1 Mar 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr R Bradshaw 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain    
Movements
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr L H Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight 10 May 1948 MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves 12 Apr 1948 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 26 Oct 1948 BA
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WAAF Staff Officer
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Gp Capt P G Thomson 17 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Technical Co-ordination
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - December 1948 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5248)

January 1949

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr P J Mowbray  5 Dec 1947  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr D J McGlinn  2 Oct 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

RAF Regiment
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack    

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Administrative Staff
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R S H Hook 17 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr W E McChesney  3 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr L F Oldridge  1 Mar 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W A D Collingwood 15 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr R Bradshaw 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr W E Andrew  1 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr C D Burrill  3 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain    
Movements
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr L H Dawes  1 Sep 1947  
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr G A M Knight 10 May 1948 MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves 12 Apr 1948 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr A T Ryland 26 Oct 1948 BA
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr W A D Oram  8 Mar 1946  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WAAF Staff Officer
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Engineer
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr W R Scrivener 27 Jun 1946  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Technical Co-ordination
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - January 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5249)

February 1949

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr D N Rothwell 24 Nov 1947  
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr D J McGlinn  2 Oct 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack    

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Administrative Staff
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr R S H Hook 17 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr Archibald C Stewart 28 Jan 1947 DFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Bradshaw 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain    
Movements
Gp Capt P G Bullen  7 Oct 1948  
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt G A M Knight 10 May 1948 MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves 12 Apr 1948 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr J K Silver 30 Dec 1947 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr J T Lowe  1 Apr 1947  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WAAF Staff Officer
Wg Off J M Hide  1 Sep 1947 WAAF
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr S V Vaisey  3 Mar 1946  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Technical Co-ordination
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - February 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5249)

March 1949

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia  

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr D J McGlinn  2 Oct 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack    

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr G W Hurst   BSc, ARCS, DIC
Administrative Staff
AVM William M Yool 29 Apr 1947 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R T Oxley  1 Apr 1947 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr P P W Sands 29 Jul 1947 MBE, DFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre

Bertram E Essex

 11 Feb 1945 later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Bradshaw 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain    
Movements
Gp Capt P G Bullen  7 Oct 1948  
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt G A M Knight 10 May 1948 MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves 12 Apr 1948 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr W C Venmore  9 Feb 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr M W Palmer 24 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WAAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949 WAAF
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Technical Co-ordination
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F A Davie  1 Jun 1948  
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - March 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5249)

April 1949

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Turner 21 May 1946  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Chief Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr D J McGlinn  2 Oct 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr H C Randall  1 Oct 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C H Hartley  4 Aug 1946  
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr R Bradshaw 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A H Bruce  1 Mar 1947  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt P G Bullen  7 Oct 1948  
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt T E H Grove  7 Oct 1946 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Jones  3 Apr 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Gp Capt G A M Knight 10 May 1948 MB, BS, DLO
Sqn Ldr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr L C F Twelves 12 Apr 1948 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr W C Venmore  9 Feb 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr M W Palmer 24 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Armament
Gp Capt C H B Bullock 19 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - April 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5250)

May 1949

Address Controlled
HQ Med/ME - Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Eric Plumtree  5 Oct 1946 Personal Staff Officer to AC-in-C, OBE, DFC; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr E M Gibbs  3 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Command Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr W N Nicklin  8 Sep 1946  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall    
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr G G Norval  8 Dec 1946  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt P G Bullen  7 Oct 1948  
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr W C Venmore  9 Feb 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr M W Palmer 24 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr W J P Cunningham  6 Nov 1946  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - May 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5250)

it was redesignated HQ, Middle East Air Force on 1 June 1949.

June 1949

Address Controlled
Ismailia

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AM Sir William F Dickson  1 Mar 1948 Air Commander-in-Chief, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC; later MRAF
Personal Appointments
Sqn Ldr Harold A C Bird-Wilson  6 May 1949 Personal Staff Officer to AOC-in-C, DSO, DFC*, AFC*; later AVM
Flt Lt P D Petrie 30 Jun 1948 Personal Assistant to AC-in-C, DFC
Air Staff
AVM Gerard Combe 30 Oct 1947 Senior Air Staff Officer, CB
Operations
Gp Capt Kenneth J McIntyre 15 May 1948 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr H F Cox 17 Aug 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr C B Warner 18 Mar 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr P G Louis DFC, DFM
Air Plans
Gp Capt Wallace H Kyle 16 Oct 1948  CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC; later ACM
Wg Cdr C F Atkinson 24 Mar 1946  
Wg Cdr

Cathcart M Wight-Boycott

 22 Mar 1948 DSO*; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr J Butterworth 24 Jun 1948  
Sqn Ldr C F Mills 29 Nov 1948  
Air Traffic Control
Wg Cdr L E Sexstone 17 Apr 1948 AFC
Navigation
Gp Capt P W Bale 31 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr H R Rittey 14 Feb 1948  
Intelligence
Gp Capt William J Crisham  1 May 1948 CBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr E L West 17 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Moody  8 Apr 1949  
Sqn Ldr I D Bolton  8 Oct 1946  
Sqn Ldr T M Kane 13 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr A C Hennessy 12 May 1948  
Sqn Ldr H G Matthews 10 May 1949 DFM
Weapons
Wg Cdr A E Lowe 29 Apr 1948 MBE, DFC
Signals
A/Cdre Colin P Brown  1 Feb 1948 Command Signals Officer, CB, CBE, DFC; later AVM
Gp Capt Harold G Leonard-Williams 16 Jul 1947 CBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr L J Strevens 26 May 1948 DFM
Sqn Ldr H C Molyneux 22 Oct 1948  
Sqn Ldr F W Gillham  7 Mar 1949  
Training
Gp Capt S S Murray 15 Jan 1948 OBE
Sqn Ldr H J Rayner  7 Sep 1948 DFC, AFC
Sqn Ldr C J Callingham 16 Oct 1947 AFC
Sqn Ldr J R Baldwin 10 Nov 1948 DSO, DFC, AFC
Staffs of the Services (Air Staff)

Ground Defence
A/Cdre

Edward W Towsey

  9 Aug 1948 Senior Regiment Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E J Bradbury  3 Oct 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr A M Hooper  8 Nov 1948

Photography
Sqn Ldr W A Cormack 24 Aug 1948  

Physical Training
Sqn Ldr D L Williams 27 Apr 1949  

Marine Craft
Sqn Ldr J T C Hillman 15 Jun 1947  
Meteorological
Mr R G Veryard   BSc
Mr J Harding   BA, MSc
Administrative Staff
AVM William E Theak 16 Apr 1949 Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, CBE
Organisation
Gp Capt

Geoffrey I L Saye

 10 Mar 1948 Organisation, OBE, AFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr R C E Scott  4 Mar 1949 AFC
Wg Cdr D R Shore 21 Feb 1949 DFC, AFC
Wg Cdr W J Smith 20 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr J F B Carey 23 Apr 1949 AFC
Sqn Ldr G Davidson  3 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr H V Bunting 14 Feb 1948  
Sqn Ldr A J Gregory  7 May 1947  
Sqn Ldr D W Edmonds  1 Nov 1948 DFC, AFC
Administrative Plans
Wg Cdr Laurence A Wear 10 Jul 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr H R Hall 18 Sep 1948 DFC
Sqn Ldr R B B Cockshutt  1 Nov 1948  
Personnel
Gp Capt Henry A V Hogan 30 Nov 1948 DFC; later AVM
Wg Cdr T L Bingham-Hall  7 Feb 1949 DSO, DFC
Wg Cdr Peter H Roscoe 18 Oct 1948 later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr P L Whitaker  4 May 1946 DFC
Sqn Ldr N T Harvey 23 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr M D Kenny  1 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr H Street 31 Mar 1948  
Sqn Ldr J D Douglas-Young 14 May 1949  
Equipment
A/Cdre Frank W Felgate  3 Mar 1949 Senior Equipment Staff Officer, CBE; later AVM
Gp Capt

Ord D Allerton

 2 Aug 1947 OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr E R Hoare 21 Nov 1947 OBE
Wg Cdr F B King 25 Feb 1947  
Wg Cdr T E Burgess  9 Dec 1948  
Wg Cdr D Tollerton 28 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr J R Macgregor  4 Apr 1949 MBE
Sqn Ldr W J Waugh 17 Feb 1947  
Sqn Ldr J W C N Young  5 Nov 1946  
Sqn Ldr N G Reeves 29 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr T J dcC Andrade  6 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr C E Bartlett 29 Sep 1947  
Sqn Ldr G B Thomas  2 Nov 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Administrative Staff)
Accountant
Gp Capt J H S Richards 11 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr D C Stone  1 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr W M Lyons 19 Jun 1947  
Wg Cdr F S Dean 13 Aug 1948  
Sqn Ldr C H Pocock  8 Jan 1948  
Sqn Ldr H Dribbell 14 Mar 1949  
Catering
Wg Cdr C F Kevis 13 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr F T Brain  2 Sep 1948  
Movements
Gp Capt P G Bullen  7 Oct 1948  
Wg Cdr P J George 21 Aug 1947  
Sqn Ldr J F Keith  2 Jul 1948  
Sqn Ldr W C Penny 29 Dec 1948  
Provost
Gp Capt R Jones 14 Mar 1949 Command Provost Marshal, DSC, GM
Wg Cdr J Clifton 29 Sep 1947 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr E Campbell 26 Jan 1948 Deputy Provost Marshal
Wg Cdr R Scott  7 Mar 1949 Deputy Provost Marshal
Medical
AVM F J Murphy 16 Nov 1948 CBE, MB, ChB, DPH, KHS
Gp Capt A Harvey 24 Apr 1948 MB, BCh, DPH
Wg Cdr J R Cellers 12 Dec 1947 AFC, MB, ChB
Wg Cdr J F Sandow 19 Apr 1949 OBE, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr S H Warrillow 6 Apr 1949 Quartermaster
Dental
Gp Capt H I Clapperton 17 May 1948 LDS
Chaplains
Rev N F Porter   C of E
Rev L Deegan   RC
Educational
Gp Capt M G Lloyd-Jones 27 Feb 1948 BSc, AMIEE, AFRAeS
Wg Cdr W C Venmore  9 Feb 1949 BSc
Sqn Ldr J S Bamford 16 Nov 1948 ARIC
Sqn Ldr F Bartle  3 Apr 1947 BSc
Mechanical Transport
Wg Cdr D F Whitehead  9 Apr 1947  
Legal
Wg Cdr M W Palmer 24 Jan 1949  
Sqn Ldr M Sawyer 11 Nov 1948  
Works
A/Cdre C C Morley  1 Jan 1948  
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts - Air Ministry)
Mr F V Verry 16 Jul; 1946 Financial Adviser and Chief Auditor to Deputy AC-in-C

WRAF Staff Officer
Wg Off E R Kirkpatrick 15 Feb 1949
Technical Staff
AVM Thomas A Warne-Browne 23 Jul 1947 Senior Technical Staff Officer, CB, CBE, DSC; later AM
Technical Co-ordination Staff
Wg Cdr D T Way 22 Sep 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr G F Carnell 13 Sep 1948 MBE, AFM
Armament
Gp Capt D S Kite 14 Apr 1949 Command Armament Officer
Wg Cdr H L Whitlock  5 Apr 1947 OBE
Sqn Ldr S J Burke 27 Apr 1949  
Engineer
Gp Capt John Mutch 30 Nov 1948 Command Engineer Officer, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr D W Williams  1 Feb 1948 OBE
Wg Cdr T Bradley  3 Dec 1948  
Sqn Ldr F A Harris 17 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr F W Cook  1 Sep 1948 AFC
Sqn Ldr H J H Fulcher 13 Sep 1948  
Radio
Wg Cdr E H Webb 23 Jun 1947  
Sqn Ldr J C James 10 Feb 1949  
Sqn Ldr G F Corden 17 Jul 1948  
Staffs of the Services (Technical Staff)
Aeronautical Inspection
Gp Capt R J M de St Leger  7 Jul 1947  
Wg Cdr W L Elvin 24 Sep 1947  
Wg Cdr H Walters 17 May 1947 MBE
Sqn Ldr D J E Frost 22 Oct 1947  
Sqn Ldr J Rawlinson 20 Mar 1949 AFM
Miscellaneous Appointment
Mr C Watson   Statistical Officer

Source - June 1949 Confidential Air Force List (AIR 10/5250)

It was renamed Middle East Air Force on 1 June 1949.

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