Southern Area

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Southern Area Personnel, units and locations

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October 1919

Address

Controlled

Hillingdon House, Uxbridge

All units South of a line drawn along the Northern boundaries of the following counties: -

Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex but excluding those units under the control of Coastal Area and Halton Command but including those at RAF Henlow

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Sir John Salmond	19 Aug 1919	Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CVO, DSO; later MRAF
Gp Capt	P L W Herbert	20 Aug 1918	Group Captain (Administration), CMG, CBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	F H Kirby	1 May 1919	Staff Officer 1st Class, VC, OBE, DCM
Sqn Ldr	A Levick	2 Aug 1919	Staff Officer 1st Class
Wg Cdr	C T Maclean	15 Aug 1919	Staff Officer 1st Class; later AVM
Flt Lt	C H Bell	1 Apr 1918	Staff Officer 2nd Class
Flt Lt	T G Baxenden	17 May 1918	Staff Officer 2nd Class
Flt Lt	W D Budgen	29 Jun 1918	Staff Officer 2nd Class; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	J S T Bradley	31 May 1919	Staff Officer 2nd Class; later AM
Flt Lt	H G Wheeler	29 Jun 1918	Staff Officer 2nd Class
Flt Lt	F P Don	18 Jul 1919	Staff Officer 2nd Class; later AVM
Flt Lt	B D S Tuke	1 Apr 1918	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Flt Lt	E A Beulah	22 May 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Flt Lt	F L J Shirley	14 Jan 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	C A Borrett	14 Oct 1918	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	G R McCubbin	11 Apr 1918	Staff Officer 3rd Class, DSO
Fg Off	C A Goddard	4 Feb 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	J E D Samuel	1 Jan 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	B D Bellamy	18 Mar 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	A T Wynyard-Wright	25 Jan 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	A H Burman	4 Apr 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Plt Off (Hon Fg Off)	W A Berry	9 Jul 1918	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Plt Off	H F Webb	18 Feb 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Wg Cdr	H V Wells	20 Sep 1919	Principal Medical Officer*, OBE
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt)	H A Hewat	1 Apr 1918	Deputy Principal Medical Officer*
Fg Off	H C Vickery	1 Apr 1918	Medical Administration Officer*

Appointment dates before 20 September 1919 indicate that the incumbent was appointed to either South-Eastern or South-Western Area prior to the formation of Southern Area.

Source - October 1919 Air Force List

November 1919

There were the following changes: -

Leaving

Rank	Name	Notes
Flt Lt	C H Bell	Staff Officer 2nd Class
Flt Lt	W D Budgen	Staff Officer 2nd Class; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	F L J Shirley	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	J E D Samuel	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	A H Burman	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	H C Vickery	Medical Administration Officer

Arriving

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	A S Ellerton	24 Apr 1919	Staff Officer 2nd Class; later A/Cdre

Source - November 1919 Air Force List

December 1919

Leaving

Rank	Name	Notes
Flt Lt	H G Wheeler	Staff Officer 2nd Class
Fg Off	C A Goddard	Staff Officer 3rd Class

Source - December 1919 Air Force List

January 1920

Leaving

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Fg Off	C A Borrett	14 Oct 1918	Staff Officer 3rd Class
Fg Off	G R McCubbin	11 Apr 1918	Staff Officer 3rd Class, DSO
Fg Off	B D Bellamy	18 Mar 1919	Staff Officer 3rd Class

Source - January 1920 Air Force List

February 1920

Leaving - None

Arriving - None

Source - February1920 Air Force List

March 1920

Address

Controlled

Hillingdon House, Uxbridge

All units South of a line drawn along the Northern boundaries of the following counties: -

Units administered directly by Area HQ: -

Southern Area Medical HQ - Uxbridge
Wireless Station - Uxbridge
General RAF Hospital - Finchley
Medical Officers' School of Instruction - Hampstead
Barrack Store - Gosport
Officers' Invaliding Board - Hampstead
Instrument Design Establishment - Biggin Hill
Wireless Station - Biggin Hill
Navigation Flight - Biggin Hill
General Services Pay Office - London WC2
Base Pay Office, RAF France - Woking

All other units are subordinated to the following Group HQs: -

No 1 Group

No 2 Group

No 7 Group

Leaving

Rank	Name	Notes
Fg Off	A T Wynyard-Wright	Staff Officer 3rd Class

Arriving

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	W C Clark	23 Feb 1920	Staff Officer 3rd Class

Source - March 1920 Air Force List

Southern Area was absorbed into Inland Area on 1 April 1920

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