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Middle East Area Personnel, units and locations

[Mar 1920 | May 1920 | Jun 1920 | Jul 1920 | Aug 1920 | Apr 1921 | Jul 1921]

March 1920

Address Controlled
Cairo

Controlled units as follows: -

  1. Egypt - HQ Training Brigade, Heliopolis

    1. No 70 Squadron - Heliopolis

    2. No 16 Training Depot Station )Cadre) - Helipolis

    3. No 47 Squadron - Helwan

    4. 'X' Aircraft Depot - Alexandria

    5. 'X' Engine Repair Depot - Abbassia

    6. Aeroplane Supply Depot - Aboukir

    7. RAF Base Depot - Aboukir

    8. Base Record Office - Aboukir

    9. No 56 Squadron - Aboukir

    10. Base Pay Office - Cairo

    11. Meteorological Station - Cairo

  2. Palestine - Palestine Brigade HQ, Ismailia (incorporating HQs 5th (Corp) Wing and 4th (Army) Wing)

    1. No 14 Squadron

      1. HQ and 1 Flight - Ramlah

      2. 1 Flight - Damascus

      3. 1 Flight - Aleppo

    2. No 208 Squadron

      1. HQ and 2 Flights - Ismailia

      2. 1 Flight - Ramlah

    3. No 55 Squadron - Suez

    4. No 216 Squadron - Kantara

    5. Meteorological Station - Damascus

  3. Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia

    1. RAF Liaison - Constantinople

    2. RAF Port Depot - Constantinople

    3. Base Depot - Constantinople

    4. Base Record Office - Salonika

    5. Salonika Aircraft Park - Mikra Bay

    6. Repair Depot and Stores Depot

  4. Mesopotamia - 31st (Corps) Wing HQ - Badhdad

    1. No 6 Squadron

      1. HQ and 1 Flight - Baghdad

      2. 1 Flight - Bushire

      3. Detachment - Sa'nawah

    2. No 30 Squadron

      1. HQ and 1 Flight - Baghdad

      2. 1 Flight - Mosul

      3. 1 Flight - Kasvin

      4. Detachment - Bushire

    3. Meteorological Station - Baghdad

    4. Army Aircraft Park - Baghdad

    5. Meteorological Station - Bushire

    6. Meteorological Station - Basrah

    7. Meteorological Station - Tcharbar

    8. Base Aircraft Park - Basrah

      1. No 84 Squadron (forming)

    9. Base Record Office - Basheul

  5. South Russia - HQ RAF - Taganrog

    1. Training Mission RAF - Ekaterinodar

    2. Detachment - Bekslovka

  6. Survey Parties

    1. HQ No 1 African Survey Party - Khartoum

    2. HQ No 2 African Survey Party - Nairobi

    3. HQ No 3 African Survey Party - Pretoria

 

Rank Name Date Notes
A/Cdre W G H Salmond  1 Apr 1918 Air Officer Commanding, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt B C H Drew  8 Jun 1919 Group Captain (Staff), CMG; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr C Fraser  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class, MC
Sqn Ldr W D Long  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class, OBE
Flt Lt A H S Baker  1 May 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Flt Lt T Armstrong  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off J P Walters  5 Aug 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class

Source - March 1920 Air Force List

May 1920

Address Controlled
Cairo

Controlled units as follows: -

  1. Egyptian Group

  2. Palestine Group

  3. Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia

    1. RAF Liaison - Constantinople

    2. RAF Port Depot - Constantinople

    3. Base Depot - Constantinople

    4. Base Record Office - Salonika

    5. Salonika Aircraft Park - Mikra Bay

    6. Repair Depot and Stores Depot

  4. Mesopotamia Wing

  5. South Russia - HQ RAF - Taganrog

    1. Training Mission RAF - Ekaterinodar

    2. Detachment - Bekslovka

  6. Survey Parties

    1. HQ No 1 African Survey Party - Khartoum

    2. HQ No 2 African Survey Party - Nairobi

    3. HQ No 3 African Survey Party - Pretoria

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir William G H Salmond  1 Apr 1918 Air Officer Commanding, KCMG, CB, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Bertie C H Drew  8 Jun 1919 Air Staff Duties, CMG; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Cecil Fraser  1 Apr 1918 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Wg Cdr John Mead xx xxx 1920 Technical Staff Duties, CBE, MC
Sqn Ldr Gilbert J Watney xx xxx 1920 Air Staff Duties (Operations), OBE
Sqn Ldr William D Long  1 Apr 1918 Air Staff Duties (Training), OBE
Sqn Ldr Thomas B Meyer  xx xxx 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Engines)
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Allan H S Baker  1 May 1919 Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Flt Lt John McG Glen xx xxx 1920 Air Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Thomas Fawdrey xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off) Herbert G Jones xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Officer (Base Pay Office); later A/Cdre
Hon Flt Lt (Fg Off) John P Walters  5 Aug 1919 Personnel Staff Officer,
Fg Off Donald P Cameron  xx xxx 1920 PA to AOC, MBE
Fg Off Herbert J Payne  xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties (Base Records)
Rev (Flt Lt) P C C Lamb  xx xxx 1920 Deputy Chaplain-in-Chief to RAF Middle East
Capt Edward B Jeffcott  xx xxx 1920 Attached from Royal Engineers
Act Wg Cdr (Sqn Ldr) Albert V J Richardson  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Sqn Ldr Arthur S Glynn  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Peter H Young  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Robert S Overton  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Thomas R S Thompson  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer

Officers awaiting disposal

Rank Name Branch Notes
Sqn Ldr Bertrand L Huskisson A DSC, DCM
Sqn Ldr Joseph Kemper T MBE
Sqn Ldr Gerald Jaques T  
Flt Lt Albert E Gendle T OBE
Flt Lt Henry K Thorold A DSC, AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt William E L Seward T  
Flt Lt Henry I Hanmer O  
Flt Lt John P Coleman A & S AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Walter S Magrath A  
Flt Lt Jerome J O'Mullane Med  
Fg Off Walter H Park A & S DFC
Fg Off Ian D R McDonald A MC, DFC
Fg Off Harry N C Robinson A MC
Fg Off Henry R T Crocker Stores  
Fg Off Sidney G Frogley A DSO, DFC
Fg Off Tom O Clogstoun A  
Fg Off Raphael C Preston A AFC
Fg Off Phillip M McSwiny A  
Fg Off Hugh W L Saunders A MC, DFC, MM; later ACM
Fg Off Gilbert Martyn A  
Fg Off Walter L Shaw T  
Fg Off Percy Harris A & S  
Fg Off Charles P Murchie T  
Fg Off Archibald J Bridden T  
Fg Off Maurice J James T later A/Cdre
Fg Off Bernard T Hood T  
Obs Off Joseph S Nicol O  
Fg Off George W C Ravenhill A  
Fg Off Geoffrey W Robinson Stores  
Fg Off Ernest F Elliott Stores  
Obs Off Kenneth H Holley O  
Plt Off John K R Walker A  

Officers attached to HQ Middle East Area for Special Duty

Rank Name Branch Notes
Gp Capt Robert Gordon - Officer Commanding, Z Unit (Somaliland), CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Frederick W Bowhill - Air Staff, Z Unit (Somaliland), DSO; later ACM
Wg Cdr W Tyrell Med Medical Officer, Z Unit (Somaliland), DSO, MC
Sqn Ldr Norman M Martin SO Staff Officer 2nd Class, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Flt Lt Alexander McR Moffatt SO Staff Officer 3rd Class, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Flt Lt Roy M Drummond A DSO, MC; later AM
Flt Lt Archibald S Cheshire T Photographic Officer, Z Unit (Somaliland), MBE
Flt Lt George M Cox T ACS, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Flt Lt M G McG Cahill-Byrne O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Flt Lt Terence C St C Morton Med Medical Officer, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off Leslie A C Stafford T MT Officer, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off Duncan W Grinnell-Milne A MC, DFC
Fg Off Hugh B Hammond A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland), MC
Fg Off Victor R S White Ad Adjutant, Z Unit (Somaliland), MC
Fg Off Oswald R Gayford SO Staff Officer 3rd Class, Z Unit (Somaliland), DFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Godfrey C O'Donnell A  
Fg Off Henry C E Bockett-Pugh A & S Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland), DFC
Fg Off John A Gray A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland); later AVM
Fg Off Geoffrey Robinson A MC
Obs Off William L Roberts O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off Herbert J T Russell A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Obs Off Harold Stanners O MM
Fg Off Ernest H Attwood A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off Charles J Poole T Technical Officer (Armament), Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off James W Hosking T Technical Officer (Engines), Z Unit (Somaliland), MBE
Fg Off Francis A Skoulding Stores Stores Officer, Z Unit (Somaliland); later A/Cdre
Fg Off Edmund H Searle A & S Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off Eversley B Green O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland), MC
Fg Off William B Francis Stores Stores Officer, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off Charles H Flinn A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland); later A/Cdre
Fg Off Eric R C Hobson A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Fg Off William A Armstrong O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland),
Fg Off Eric D Barnes O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland); later A/Cdre
Fg Off Sydney H Potter A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland),
Plt Off Frank Jezzard T Technical Officer (Wireless), Z Unit (Somaliland)
Plt Off Thomas B Howard O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Plt Off Percy R Blythe A Pilot, Z Unit (Somaliland)
Plt Off William V Leftley O Observer, Z Unit (Somaliland)

Source - May 1920 Air Force List

June 1920

There were the following changes: -

Officers awaiting disposal

Rank Name Branch Notes
Wg Cdr Peregrine  F M Fellowes    
Sqn Ldr Dermott L Allen A  
Sqn Ldr Arthur H Measures Stores  
Sqn Ldr Douglas Stewart A MC, AFC
Sqn Ldr Gerald Jaques T  
Flt Lt Albert E Gendle T OBE
Flt Lt William E L Seward T MC
Flt Lt Henry I Hanmer O  
Flt Lt John P Coleman A & S AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt John H D'Albiac A DSO, later AM
Flt Lt Charles E Wardle Ad  
Flt Lt Seward N Cole T  
Flt Lt James L L Duffus T  
Flt Lt Aubrey L Lingard T  
Flt Lt Grahame G Dawson T later AVM
Flt Lt William R C B C Forsyth Ad  
Fg Off Walter H Park A & S DFC
Fg Off Ian D R McDonald A MC, DFC
Fg Off Tom O Clogstoun A  
Fg Off Raphael C Preston A AFC
Fg Off Walter L Shaw T  
Fg Off Percy Harris A & S  
Fg Off Charles P Murchie T  
Fg Off Maurice J James T later A/Cdre
Fg Off Bernard T Hood T  
Obs Off Joseph S Nicol O  
Fg Off Geoffrey W Robinson Stores  
Fg Off Ernest F Elliott Stores  
Obs Off Kenneth H Holley O  
Fg Off Alfred V McKiever Ad AFC
Fg Off Hugh V Puckeridge Ad DFC
Fg Off Stephen P Marcus A  
Fg Off Reginald J P Grebby A DFC
Fg Off Anthony L Paxton A later AVM
Obs Off Brian H Cook O  
Fg Off John S J Craigen A  
Fg Off Phillip H Hunter T  
Fg Off Arthur Bottoms A  
Obs Off Bertram E Essex O later AVM
Fg Off Leslie W Park Ad  
Fg Off James Noonan Stores DSM
Fg Off James W Lissett A  
Fg Off Charles R Fenton Ad  
Fg Off William J Shilcott T DSM
Fg Off John P Hinks T  
Fg Off Joseph J Teasdale T  
Fg Off William Allen T  
Fg Off John B Prouse Ad  
Fg Off Henry J Armitage A  
Obs Off Albert J Redman O  
Plt Off John K R Walker A  
Flt Lt Peter H Young  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Robert S Overton  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Thomas R S Thompson  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Jerome J O'Mullane Med  

Officers allocated

Rank Name Date Notes
Fg Off Archibald J Bridden T  

Officers attached to HQ Middle East Area for Special Duty

Rank Name Branch Notes
Hon Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Tom Armstrong SO MBE
Flt Lt Roy M Drummond A DSO, MC; later AM
Fg Off Godfrey C O'Donnell A  
Fg Off Geoffrey Robinson A MC
Fg Off Ernest R Stafford A & S  

Source - June1920 Air Force List

July 1920

There were the following changes: -

Officers awaiting disposal

Rank Name Branch Notes
Wg Cdr Peregrine  F M Fellowes    
Flt Lt Albert E Gendle T OBE
Flt Lt Henry I Hanmer O  
Flt Lt John P Coleman A & S AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt John H D'Albiac A DSO, later AM
Fg Off Walter H Park A & S DFC
Fg Off Tom O Clogstoun A  
Fg Off Raphael C Preston A AFC
Fg Off Stephen P Marcus A  
Fg Off Anthony L Paxton A later AVM
Obs Off Brian H Cook O  
Fg Off John S J Craigen A  
Fg Off Walter L Shaw T  
Fg Off Percy Harris A & S  
Fg Off Charles P Murchie T  
Fg Off Maurice J James T later A/Cdre
Obs Off Bertram E Essex O later AVM
Fg Off Bernard T Hood T  
Obs Off Joseph S Nicol O  
Fg Off Geoffrey W Robinson Stores  
Obs Off Kenneth H Holley O  
Fg Off James W Lissett A  
Fg Off Henry J Armitage A  
Obs Off Albert J Redman O  
Obs Off Thomas W Hayes O  
Fg Off Dudley d'H Humphreys A  
Flt Lt Peter H Young  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Robert S Overton  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Thomas R S Thompson  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Jerome J O'Mullane Med  

Officers allocated

Rank Name Date Notes
Flt Lt Hon Ralph A Cochrane A Supernumerary, AFC; later ACM
Flt Lt James L L Duffus T  
Fg Off Charles R Fenton Ad  
Fg Off Francis A Skoulding Stores Stores Officer; later A/Cdre
       

Officers attached to HQ Middle East Area for Special Duty

Rank Name Branch Notes
Hon Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Tom Armstrong SO MBE

Source - July 1920 Air Force List

August 1920

Address Controlled
Cairo

Controlled units as follows: -

  1. Egyptian Group

  2. Palestine Group

  3. Macedonia, Turkey and Trans-Caucasia

    1. RAF Liaison - Constantinople

    2. RAF Port Depot - Constantinople

    3. Base Depot - Constantinople

    4. Base Record Office - Salonika

    5. Salonika Aircraft Park - Mikra Bay

    6. Repair Depot and Stores Depot

  4. Mesopotamia Wing

  5. South Russia - HQ RAF - Taganrog

    1. Training Mission RAF - Ekaterinodar

    2. Detachment - Bekslovka

  6. Survey Parties

    1. HQ No 1 African Survey Party - Khartoum

    2. HQ No 2 African Survey Party - Nairobi

    3. HQ No 3 African Survey Party - Pretoria

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir William G H Salmond  1 Apr 1918 Air Officer Commanding, KCMG, CB, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Bertie C H Drew  8 Jun 1919 Air Staff Duties, CMG; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Cecil Fraser  1 Apr 1918 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Wg Cdr John Mead xx xxx 1920 Technical Staff Duties, CBE, MC
Sqn Ldr Gilbert J Watney xx xxx 1920 Air Staff Duties (Operations), OBE
Sqn Ldr Charles P Ogden xx xxx 1920 OBE
Sqn Ldr William D Long  1 Apr 1918 Air Staff Duties (Training), OBE
Sqn Ldr Thomas B Meyer  xx xxx 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Engines)
Hon Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Tom Armstrong

 xx xxx 1920

 Attached for Special Duty, MBE
Flt Lt Hon Ralph A Cochrane 14 Jun 1920 Supernumerary, AFC; later ACM
Flt Lt Allan H S Baker  1 May 1919 Personnel Staff Officer, OBE
Flt Lt James L L Duffus xx xxx 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Arms)
Flt Lt John McG Glen xx xxx 1920 Air Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt Thomas Fawdrey xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off) Herbert G Jones xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Officer (Base Pay Office); later A/Cdre
Fg Off John P Walters  5 Aug 1919 Personnel Staff Officer,
Fg Off Charles L P Mullany 10 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties (Base Pay Office)
Fg Off Donald P Cameron  xx xxx 1920 PA to AOC, MBE
Fg Off Archibald J Briddon  xx xxx 1920 Technical Staff Duties
Fg Off Herbert J Payne  xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties (Base Records)
Fg Off Francis A Skoulding

 xx xxx 1920

 Supernumerary; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Charles R Fenton

xx xxx 1920

 Flt Lt - Air Staff (PT) Duties
Capt Edward B Jeffcott  xx xxx 1920 Attached from Royal Engineers
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr Albert V J Richardson  xx xxx 1920 OBE, MB, BA
Sqn Ldr Arthur S Glynn  xx xxx 1920 MB
Chaplain
Rev (Flt Lt) P C C Lamb  xx xxx 1920 Deputy Chaplain-in-Chief to RAF Middle East
Flt Lt Peter H Young  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Robert S Overton  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Thomas R S Thompson  xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
For Disposal
Sqn Ldr Ernest V S Wilberforce S AFC
Sqn Ldr Kenneth C Buss A & S later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert E Gendle T OBE
Flt Lt Norman S Douglas Ad  
Flt Lt John H D'Albiac A DSO, later AM
Flt Lt Henry I Hanmer O  
Flt Lt John P Coleman A & S AFC; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Walter H Park A & S DFC
Fg Off Hugh V Pendavis A DSO
Fg Off Tom O Clogstoun A  
Fg Off Raphael C Preston A AFC
Fg Off Stephen P Marcus A  
Fg Off Anthony L Paxton A later AVM
Fg Off Dudley d'H Humphreys A  
Fg Off Brian H Cook A  
Fg Off Walter L Shaw T  
Fg Off Percy Harris A & S  
Fg Off Maurice J James T MBE; later A/Cdre
Obs Off Bertram E Essex O later AVM
Fg Off Bernard T Hood T  
Fg Off James W Lissett A  
Obs Off Joseph S Nicol O  
Fg Off Ernest Smith T  
Obs Off Kenneth H Holley O  
Plt Off Richard Adams Stores  
Plt Off Cyril Brewe T  
Medical
Sqn Ldr Arthur E Panter   BA
Chaplain
Rev Joseph Firth   MC

Source - August 1920 Air Force List

April 1921

Address Controlled
Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

  1. Base Pay Office - Cairo

  2. Meteorological Station - Cairo

  3. Aircraft Depot - Aboukir

  4. Stores Depot - Aboukir

    1. Port Depot Detachment

    2. Clothing Section

  5. Engine Repair Depot - Abbassia (Cairo)

Other units subordinated to: -

  1. Egyptian Group

  2. Palestine Group

  3. Mesopotamian Group

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir William G H Salmond 22 Dec 1917 Air Officer Commanding, KCMG, CB, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Bertie C H Drew  8 Jun 1919 Air Staff Duties, CMG; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Cecil Fraser 15 Sep 1917 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Wg Cdr John Mead  6 Dec 1919 Technical Staff Duties, CBE, MC
Wg Cdr Eric R C Nanson  8 Feb 1921 Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr Jasper W Cruickshank  5 Nov 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Norman F D Buckeridge 19 Nov 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr William D Long  1 Apr 1918 Air Staff Duties (Training), OBE
Sqn Ldr Charles W Nutting 25 Sep 1919 Air Staff Duties (Communications), DSC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr Thomas B Meyer  17 Aug 1919 Technical Staff Duties (Engines)
Act Sqn Ldr (Fg Off) Herbert G Jones  1 Apr 1918 Personnel Staff Duties (Base Pay Office); later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert E Gendle  4 Mar 1920 Meteorological Duties, OBE
Flt Lt John H D'Albiac 18 May 1920 Stores Staff Duties, DSO, later AM
Flt Lt Francis E Hellyer  1 May 1919 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Reginald B Mansell  8 Feb 1921 Supernumerary, OBE; later AVM
Flt Lt Hon Ralph A Cochrane 14 Jun 1920 Supernumerary, AFC; later ACM
Flt Lt Henry I Hanmer 21 Apr 1919 Air Staff Duties (Training)
Flt Lt Allan H S Baker  8 Feb 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt James L L Duffus  2 Jun 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Armament)
Flt Lt John McG Glen 15 Jan 1919 Air Staff Duties (Operations)
Flt Lt Archibald G Weir 17 Nov 1920 Supernumerary (Meteorological Duties)
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off) Charles L P Mullany 10 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties (Base Pay Office)
Fg Off Robert P M Whitham 10 Nov 1920 Meteorological Duties, MC; later AVM
Fg Off Donald P Cameron 18 Apr 1919 Personal Assistant to AOC
Fg Off Edgar A Turnbull 29 Sep 1920 Supernumerary
Fg Off John  R D Goadsby 25 Jun 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Wireless)
Stores Officers
Flt Lt Eric Rivers-Smith  5 Nov 1920 Stores Staff Duties, MBE
Flt Lt Thomas Fawdrey 15 Jul 1919 Personnel Staff Duties (Other Ranks), MBE; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Archibald J Briddon  9 Aug 1919 Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off Walter L Shaw 14 Sep 1920 Technical 'TP' and Stores Staff
Capt Edward B Jeffcott  xx xxx 1920 Attached from Army
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr Albert V J Richardson 26 May 1919 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, BA, DPH
Sqn Ldr Arthur S Glynn 29 May 1919 MB
Fg Off Frederick W Goodread 19 Feb 1920 Quartermaster
Chaplains
Rev (Sqn Ldr) Percy C C Lamb  19 Feb 1920  
For Disposal
Flt Lt Arthur Rowen 18 Sep 1920  
Obs Off Maurice Moore 18 Sep 1920  
Obs Off Norman S Dougall  1 Oct 1920 DFC
Obs Off Cyril N Ellen 18 Sep 1920 DFC; later A/Cdre
Obs Off George H H Scutt 18 Sep 1920 MC
Obs Off Eric C Delamain 18 Sep 1920  
Obs Off Thomas L Jones  1 Oct 1920  
Obs Off Maurice C Trench 18 Sep 1920  
Obs Off Basil A Foord  1 Oct 1920  
Flt Lt John T T Forbes 8 Feb 1921 Medical Branch
Flt Lt John Rothwell 17 Feb 1921 Medical Branch

Source - April 1921 Air Force List

July 1921

Address Controlled
Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

  1. Base Pay Office - Cairo

  2. Meteorological Station - Cairo

  3. Medical HQ - Cairo

  4. Aircraft Depot - Aboukir

  5. Stores Depot - Aboukir

    1. Port Depot Detachment

    2. Clothing Section

  6. Engine Repair Depot - Abbassia (Cairo)

Other units subordinated to: -

  1. Egyptian Group

  2. Palestine Group

  3. Mesopotamian Group

 

Rank Name Date Notes
AVM Sir William G H Salmond 22 Dec 1917 Air Officer Commanding, KCMG, CB, DSO; later ACM
Gp Capt Bertie C H Drew  8 Jun 1919 Air Staff Duties, CMG; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Cecil Fraser 15 Sep 1917 Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Wg Cdr John Mead  6 Dec 1919 Technical Staff Duties, CBE, MC
Wg Cdr Charles S Burnett 26 Feb 1921 Supernumerary, CBE, DSO
Sqn Ldr Eric L Conran 19 Nov 1920 Air Staff Duties (Operations and Intelligence), MC
Sqn Ldr William D Long  1 Apr 1918 Air Staff Duties (Training), OBE
Sqn Ldr Thomas B Meyer  17 Aug 1919 Technical Staff Duties (Engines)
Sqn Ldr Norman F D Buckeridge 19 Nov 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr Arthur C Wright 23 Mar 1921 Air Staff Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr Charles W Nutting 25 Sep 1919 Air Staff Duties (Communications), DSC; later AVM
Act Sqn Ldr (Fg Off) Herbert G Jones  1 Apr 1918 Personnel Staff Duties (Base Pay Office); later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Albert E Gendle  4 Mar 1920 Meteorological Duties, OBE
Flt Lt John H D'Albiac 18 May 1920 Stores Staff Duties, DSO, later AM
Flt Lt Archibald G Weir 17 Nov 1920 Supernumerary (Meteorological Duties)
Flt Lt Henry I Hanmer 21 Apr 1919 Air Staff Duties (Training)
Flt Lt Francis E Hellyer  1 May 1919 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Allan H S Baker  8 Feb 1921 Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Reginald B Mansell  8 Feb 1921 Supernumerary, OBE; later AVM
Flt Lt Norman H Bottomley  8 Feb 1921 Air Staff Duties, AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt James L L Duffus  2 Jun 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Armament)
Flt Lt Hon Ralph A Cochrane 14 Jun 1920 Supernumerary, AFC; later ACM
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off) Charles L P Mullany 10 Jul 1920 Personnel Staff Duties (Base Pay Office)
Fg Off Maurice Moore  4 May 1921 Personnel Staff Duties
Fg Off Robert P M Whitham 10 Nov 1920 Meteorological Duties, MC; later AVM
Fg Off Christopher W H Moller 23 Mar 1921 Air Staff Duties (PT)
Fg Off William S Allen 23 Mar 1921 Technical Wireless Duties
Fg Off John  R D Goadsby 25 Jun 1920 Technical Staff Duties (Wireless)
Obs Off Kenneth H Holley

 9 May 1921

 Supernumerary (Cypher Duties)
Capt Edward B Jeffcott  xx xxx 1920 Attached from Royal Engineers
Stores Officers
Flt Lt Cuthbert L Archbold 14 Feb 1921 Stores Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt Thomas Fawdrey 15 Jul 1919 Personnel Staff Duties (Other Ranks), MBE; later A/Cdre
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr Albert V J Richardson 26 May 1919 Principal Medical Officer, OBE, MB, BA, DPH
Sqn Ldr Percival M Keene 23 Mar 1921 Deputy Principal Medical Officer, DPH
Fg Off Frederick W Goodread  29 Nov 1920 Quartermaster
Chaplains
Rev (Sqn Ldr) Percy C C Lamb  19 Feb 1920  
For Disposal
Obs Off Thomas L Jones  1 Oct 1920  
Flt Lt John T T Forbes 8 Feb 1921 Medical Branch

Source - July 1921 Air Force List

Middle East Area was redesignated RAF Middle East on 1 Apr 1922

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