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North Western Area Personnel

[Aug 1918 | Sep 1918 | Oct 1918 | Nov 1918 | Feb 1919 | Mar 1919 | May 1919 | Jun 1919]

Prior to 8 May 1918, this Command was designated No 5 Area and personnel whose appointment date pre-dates 8 May also served on the staff of that Area

August 1918

Address Controlled
Adelphi Hotel, Argyll Street, Glasgow

All units in Scotland.

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Maj-Gen G C Cayley  1 Apr 1918 General Officer Commanding, CB
Brig-Gen B C Fellows  1 Apr 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration)
Act Col (Lt Col) S E Smith  1 Apr 1918 Colonel (Equipment)
Act Lt Col (Maj) A H W Elias-Wynn  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class
Lt Col J A Houison-Crauford 10 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class; later Brig-Gen
Act Lt Col (Maj) P C Maltby  1 May 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class, DSO; later AVM
Act Lt Col (Maj) E P A Melville 15 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class
Act Lt Col (Maj) F L Scholte  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class
Act Maj (Hon Capt, Lt) S C F Bacon  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Maj (Capt) C F O Master  8 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Hon Maj (Lt) H K Payne  4 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Maj (2 Lt) H W Sidley 18 May 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Maj (Capt) P Sidney  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Maj (Capt) G A Sinclair-Hill  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Capt (Lt) D L Blumenfeld  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Act Capt (Lt) P Ellis  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Act Capt (Lt) A H Goldie 16 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Capt A H Illingworth  6 July Staff Officer 3rd Class
Act Capt (Lt) H Lawson  8 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Capt H M Massey 30 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class; later A/Cdre
Act Capt (2 Lt) E Vevers 13 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Act Capt (2 Lt) W G Webber 23 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Capt E J Wickens 23 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class

Source - August 1918 Air Force List

September 1918

There were the following changes: -

Arriving

Rank Name Date Notes
Act Maj (Capt) C D Morrison  1 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class

October 1918

There were the following changes: -

Leaving

Rank Name Notes
Brig-Gen B C Fellows Brigadier-General (Administration)

Arriving

Rank Name Date Notes
Act Brig-Gen (Lt Col) J A Houison-Crauford  xx xxx 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration), replaced B C Fellows
Act Lt Col (Maj) F H Unwin 24 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class
Act Maj (Capt) G C V Hewson 20 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Maj (Capt) H G Wheeler 21 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class
Act Capt (2 Lt) C A Perry 28 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Act Capt (2 Lt) E W Vine 31 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class
Act Lt (2 Lt) R J Whitley 17 Jul 1918 Staff Lieutenant 2nd Class

Source - October 1918 Air Force List

November 1918

There were the following changes: -

Leaving

Rank Name Notes
Act Lt Col (Maj) A H W Elias-Wynn Staff Officer 1st Class
Capt E J Wickens Staff Officer 3rd Class

Arriving

Rank Name Date Notes
Act Lt Col (Capt) P Sidney  1 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class from SO 2nd Class
Lt Col D L Allen 18 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class
Act Maj (Lt) D L Blumenfeld  1 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class from SO 3rd Class
Act Capt (2 Lt) R J Whitley 17 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class from Staff Lieutenant 2nd Class

Source - November 1918 Air Force List

February 1919

Address Controlled
Adelphi Hotel, Argyll Street, Glasgow

Temporary Branch HQ: -

Racecourse Buildings, York

All units in the following counties: -

Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, Westmorland and Cumberland.  Also the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire north of a line drawn through Worksop and Horncastle to the East Coast, excluding Lincoln itself.

All units in Scotland.

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Maj-Gen G C Cayley  1 Apr 1918 General Officer Commanding, CB
Act Brig-Gen (Lt Col) J A Houison-Crauford  1 Oct 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration) Glasgow
Act Brig-Gen (Col) H C T Dowding  1 Apr 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration) York; later ACM
Act Col (Lt Col) S E Smith  1 Apr 1918 Colonel (Equipment) Glasgow
Act Col (Lt Col) E F Briggs  1 Apr 1918 Colonel (Equipment) York
Lt Col H Cooper  1 Apr 1918 Area Assistant Medical Administrator (Glasgow)*, DSO
Capt H R B Hull  1 Apr 1918 Deputy Area Assistant Medical Administrator (Glasgow)*
Act Capt (Lt) A S H O'Brien  1 Apr 1918 Medical Administration Officer (Glasgow)*
Lt Col N J Roche  1 Apr 1918 Area Assistant Medical Administrator (York)*
Capt R H Knowles  1 Apr 1918 Deputy Area Assistant Medical Administrator (York)*
Act Capt (Lt) T H Evans 28 Apr 1918 Medical Administration Officer (York)*
Act Lt Col (Maj) H M Bentley  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Lt Col D L Allen 18 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) F H Unwin 24 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) P C Maltby  1 May 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow, DSO; later AVM
Act Lt Col (Maj) E P A Melville 15 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) F L Scholte  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Capt) P Sidney  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) K L Buist  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class York
Act Lt Col (Maj) M G B Copeman  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class York
Hon Col (Lt Col) J M Home 11 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class York
Act Maj (Capt) C D Morrison  1 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) G C V Hewson 20 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) H G Wheeler 21 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Lt) S T Smith  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Lt) A G Stradling 27 May 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) C F O Master  8 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Hon Maj (Lt) H K Payne  4 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (2 Lt) H W Sidley 18 May 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) K T Dowding 26 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Maj J E Hume 16 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow, DSO
Act Maj (Lt) G W Frost 22 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Capt) H A Michell  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Lt) R W Ward  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Capt) M McK Wood  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Capt) N V Wrigley 20 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Lt) F Jewell 24 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Capt (2 Lt) C A Perry 28 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) J C Barraclough  8 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt W St J Scott Scott  4 Sep 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) R J Whitley 17 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) F McGuffie 17 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) P Ellis  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) A H Goldie 16 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt A H Illingworth  6 July 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt R G Home 14 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) H Lawson  8 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) E L Hyde 28 Sep 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt H M Massey 30 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow; later A/Cdre
Act Capt (2 Lt) E Vevers 13 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) W G Webber 23 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) J M McEntegart  1 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt R J Needham  1 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt G C Gold  8 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (Lt) H H Harries 27 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Capt J F Myles  5 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Capt J L Robertson  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (Lt) P A Simmons 18 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (2 Lt) W Myers 22 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (2 Lt) F C Payne  3 Apr1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (2 Lt) H W Brooks 12 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York

* Medical Administration personnel appear to have been in post before this AFL but not listed previously

Source - February 1919 Air Force List

March 1919

Rank Name Date Notes
Maj-Gen G C Cayley  1 Apr 1918 General Officer Commanding, CB
Act Brig-Gen (Lt Col) J A Houison-Crauford  1 Oct 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration) Glasgow
Act Brig-Gen (Col) H C T Dowding  1 Apr 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration) York; later ACM
Act Col (Lt Col) E F Briggs  1 Apr 1918 Colonel (Equipment) Glasgow
Lt Col N J Roche  xx xxx 1919 Principal Medical Officer (Glasgow)
Capt H R B Hull  1 Apr 1918 Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Glasgow)*
Act Capt (Lt) A S H O'Brien  1 Apr 1918 Medical Administration Officer (Glasgow)*
Capt R H Knowles  1 Apr 1918 Deputy Principal Medical Officer (York)*
Act Capt (Lt) T H Evans 28 Apr 1918 Medical Administration Officer (York)*
Act Lt Col (Maj) F L Scholte  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) H M Bentley  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) E P A Melville 15 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) P C Maltby  1 May 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow, DSO; later AVM
Act Lt Col (Maj) F H Unwin 24 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Capt) P Sidney  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Lt Col D L Allen 18 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) K L Buist  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class York
Hon Col (Lt Col) J M Home 11 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class York
Hon Maj (Lt) H K Payne  4 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) C F O Master  8 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (2 Lt) H W Sidley 18 May 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Maj J E Hume 16 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow, DSO
Act Maj (Capt) G C V Hewson 20 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) H G Wheeler 21 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Lt) S T Smith  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Lt) A G Stradling 27 May 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (2 Lt) W G Webber 29 Nov 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow
Act Maj (Capt) H A Michell  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Capt) M McK Wood  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Lt) R W Ward  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Lt) G W Frost 22 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Capt) N V Wrigley 20 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Lt) F Jewell 24 Aug 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Maj (Capt) J L Robertson  7 Nov 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Capt (Lt) P Ellis  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) E Vevers 13 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) A H Goldie 16 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt H M Massey 30 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow; later A/Cdre
Capt A H Illingworth  6 July 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) J C Barraclough  8 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) C A Perry 28 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt R J Needham  1 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt W St J Scott Scott  4 Sep 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) E L Hyde 28 Sep 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) R J Whitley 17 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) J M McEntegart  1 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Capt R G Home 14 Jan 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) F C Payne  3 Apr1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Capt J F Myles  5 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (Lt) H H Harries 27 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (Lt) P A Simmons 18 Jun 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (2 Lt) W Myers 22 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York
Act Capt (2 Lt) H W Brooks 12 Oct 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York

Source - March 1919 Air Force List

May 1919

There were the following changes: -

Leaving

Rank Name Date Notes
Maj-Gen G C Cayley  1 Apr 1918 General Officer Commanding, CB
Act Brig-Gen (Col) H C T Dowding  1 Apr 1918 Brigadier-General (Administration) York; later ACM
Act Capt (Lt) T H Evans 28 Apr 1918 Medical Administration Officer (York)
Act Lt Col (Maj) F L Scholte  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Lt Col (Maj) E P A Melville 15 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) E L Hyde 28 Sep 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (Lt) H H Harries 27 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class York

Arriving

Rank Name Date Notes
Act Brig-Gen (Col) A V Vyvyan 28 Apr 1919 General Officer Commanding, CB, DSO; later AVM

In this edition of the AFL, officers appear to have reverted to their substantive ranks and may have relinquished their acting ranks

Source - May 1919 Air Force List

June 1919

There were the following changes: -

Leaving

Rank Name Date Notes
Act Maj (Lt) G W Frost 22 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 2nd Class York
Act Capt (Lt) P Ellis  1 Apr 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) E Vevers 13 May 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow
Act Capt (2 Lt) C A Perry 28 Jul 1918 Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow

Arriving

Rank Name Date Notes
Maj C A Shaw 13 May 1919 Staff Officer 2nd Class York

Source - June 1919 Air Force List

On 12 June 1919 North-Western Area was redesignated Northern Area

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