Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Defence Council, Defence Staff, Defence Scientific Staff, Defence Secretariat - Personnel 1967
| Defence Council | |||
| Rank | Name | Notes | |
| The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | Chairman of the Defence Council, Secretary of State for Defence, MBE, MP | |
| Mr | Gerald William Reynolds | Minister of Defence for Administration, MP | |
| Mr | Roy Mason | Minister of Defence for Equipment, MP | |
| Mr | Maurice Foley | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy, MP | |
| Mr | James Boyden | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army, MP | |
| Mr | Merlyn Rees | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the RAF, MP | |
| F-Mar | Sir Richard Hull | Chief of the Defence Staff, GCB, DSO, MA, LLD | |
| Adm | Sir Varyl C Begg | Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord, GCB, DSO, DSC | |
| Gen | Sir James Cassels | Chief of the General Staff, GCB, KBE, DSO | |
| ACM | Sir Charles Elworthy | GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA; later MRAF | |
| Sir James Dunnett | Permanent Under-Secretary of State, KCB, CMG | ||
| Sir William Cook | Chief Adviser Projects | ||
| Secretary of State for Defence | |||
| The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | MBE, MP | |
| Mr | P D Nairne | Private Secretary, MC | |
| Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on Higher Defence Studies | |||
| Sir Henry Hardman | KCB | ||
| Chief of the Defence Staff | |||
| F-Mar | Sir Richard Hull | Chief of the Defence Staff, GCB, DSO, MA, LLD | |
| Maj | A M Metcher | Personal Staff Officer, MBE, WRAC | |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State | |||
| Sir James Dunnett | KCB, CMG | ||
| Mr | J B Bourn | Private Secretary | |
| Defence Services Secretary | |||
| V-Adm | J L T Hogg | CB, DSC, RN | |
| Central Defence Staff | |||
| F-Mar | Sir Richard Hull | Chief of the Defence Staff, GCB, DSO, MA, LLD | |
| Lt Gen | Sir George D Cole | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, KCB, CBE | |
| Adm | Sir Desmond Dreyer | Chief Adviser Personnel and Logistics, GCB, CBE, DSC | |
| AVM | Ian D N Lawson | Assistant Chief Adviser Personnel and Logistics; CB, CBE, DFC* | |
| R-Adm | O H M St J Steiner | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (General), CB | |
| Maj-Gen | J H Gibbon | Director, Defence Operations Staff and Secretary Chiefs of Staff Committee, OBE | |
| AVM | Henry N G Wheeler | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements); CB, CBE, DSO, DFC*, AFC; later ACM | |
| AVM (Ret) | Sir Edgar N Lowe | Director-General of Supply Co-ordination; KBE, CB | |
| Mr | R F Brown | Head of Defence Sales, OBE | |
| Maj-Gen | E M Hall | Military Deputy to Head of Defence Sales, MBE, BA | |
| Brig | N St G Cribbon | OBE | |
| Brig | F H M Rushmore | CBE, BA | |
| A/Cdre | Angus A N Nicholson | CBE | |
| Capt | S A Templeton-Cotill | RN | |
| Capt | P D Tatton-Brown | RN | |
| Capt | E F Queritz | OBE, DSC, RN | |
| Capt | R N Head | RN | |
| Capt | A R B Sturdee | DSC, RN | |
| Capt | C R P C Branson | RN | |
| Capt | C B Featherstone-Dilk | RN | |
| Capt | A B Webb | RN | |
| Capt | O N A Cecil | RN | |
| Col | R R Crooks | ||
| Col | H G Kemball | OBE, MC | |
| Col | W P Lumn-Rockcliffe | DSO, MC | |
| Col | A C Lewis | ||
| Col | B J Palmer | MBE | |
| Gp Capt | R N G Allen | DFC | |
| Gp Capt | J M Ayshford | DFC | |
| Gp Capt | John Gingell | MBE; later ACM | |
| Gp Capt | M H E Dawson | DFC*, DFM | |
| Gp Capt | Robert W G Freer | CBE; later ACM | |
| Gp Capt | W Kent | AFC | |
| Gp Capt | W Smith | OBE | |
| Mr | R V Alred | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Defence Intelligence Staff | |||
| ACM (Ret) | Sir Alfred Earle | Director-General of Intelligence, GBE, CB | |
| AM | Sir Harold J Maguire | Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence), KCB, DSO, OBE | |
| Maj-Gen | The Hon M F Fitzalan Howard | Director of Service Intelligence, CBE, MC, MA | |
| R-Adm | K H Farnhill | Director of Management and Support Intelligence, OBE | |
| Cdre | M D Kyrle-Pope | Deputy Director of Service Intelligence (Navy) MBE, RN | |
| Brig | R E Coaker | Deputy Director of Service Intelligence (Army) CBE, MC | |
| A/Cdre | John A C Aiken | Deputy Director of Service Intelligence (Air); later ACM | |
| Mr | E A Radice | Director, CBE | |
| Mr | A Potts | Director | |
| Mr | W G C Graham | Special Advisor, CBE | |
| Unison Planning Staff | |||
| Maj-Gen | W G F Jackson | OBE, MC*, MA | |
| Capt | J W G Lindley | RN | |
| Defence Signals Staff | |||
| R-Adm | E B Ashmore | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Signals); CB, DSC, RN | |
| Capt | C B H Wake-Walker | Director of Naval Signals, RN | |
| Maj-Gen | P E M Bradley | Signal Officer-in-Chief (Army), CBE, DSO | |
| Brig | K D Gribbin | Deputy Director (Co-ordination), MBE, MA, MIEE | |
| Capt | C Rusby | Deputy Director of Naval Signals, MVO, RN | |
| Brig | J M Sawers | Brigadier General Staff (Signals), MBE | |
| Brig | D R Horsfield | Director of Telecommunications (Army), OBE, MA, MIEE | |
| A/Cdre | Anthony G Powell | Director of Signals (Air), MIEE | |
| Col | P D Vaigncourt-Strallen | ||
| Col | A J Leahy | OBE | |
| Col | A T Burrows | MBE, ERD, BA, MIEE, TE | |
| Col | P F Veatman | MBE | |
| Gp Capt | A Fry | OBE, BSc | |
| Gp Capt | Gordon M McMinn | CBE, MA; later A/Cdre | |
| Capt | G E Sampson | RN | |
| Central Defence Scientific Staff | |||
| Sir William Cook | Chief Adviser Projects, CB, FRS | ||
| Prof | A H Cottrell | Chief Adviser (Studies), MA, PhD, FRS | |
| Mr | B T Price | Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | R Press | Chief Scientific Officer, CBE | |
| Mr | H W Pout | Chief Scientific Officer, OBE | |
| Mr | W B H Lord | Chief Scientific Officer, MA | |
| Mr | F G R Cook | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | C Moore | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | J F Gough | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer | |
| Dr | R J Gossage | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, DSc | |
| Dr | I J Shaw | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | J K Wright | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | G F Komlosy | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | D C Fakley | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R V Aired | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A D Hunter | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | F A Kitchen | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | A S Reid | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R W Brittain | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | D P R Roessier | Senior Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | P E Naylor | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | W F Biddle | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R N Anderson | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | G Burns | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | S A Byard | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R E Clark | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | F S Fidlan | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Mr | R D G Mussett | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Defence Secretariat | |||
| Mr | J M Wilson | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB | |
| Mr | W Geraghty | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB | |
| Mr | A D Peck | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB, MBE | |
| Mr | G Leitch | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB, OBE | |
| Mr | J A Drew | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CB | |
| Mr | R C Kent | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CB | |
| Mr | C E F Gough | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG | |
| Mr | T A G Charlton | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | N G Morrison | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, MC | |
| Mr | H L Lawrernce-Wilson | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | F Cooper | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG | |
| Mr | E G Cass | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, OBE | |
| Mr | G C B Dodds | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | R J Penney | Assistant Under-Secretary of State | |
| Mr | L V Sumner | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | W Marshall | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | T C G James | Assistant Secretary, CMG | |
| Mr | P C Thomson | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | A S Osley | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | P J Hudson | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | D W Ward | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | E Broadbent | Assistant Secretary, CMG | |
| Mr | F W Armstrong | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | N S Forward | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | G H Green | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | P D Nairne | Assistant Secretary, MC | |
| Mr | J T Williams | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | F J Burlace | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | E H St G Moss | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | A R M Jaffray | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | P T E England | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | W I Tupman | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | D N Forbes | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | J G Ashcroft | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | R J Andrew | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | C J L Elwell | Assistant Secretary | |
| Mr | R A Devereux | Principal | |
| Mr | W F Mumford | Principal | |
| Mr | R J E Abraham | Principal | |
| Mr | K C Macdonald | Principal | |
| Mr | J M Gibbon | Principal | |
| Mr | J T Cliffe | Principal | |
| Mr | M Holton | Principal | |
| Mr | D A Nicholls | Principal | |
| Mr | E J Morgan | Principal | |
| Mr | R M Hastie-Smith | Principal | |
| Mr | P H Moberley | Principal | |
| Mr | J E Pestell | Principal | |
| Mr | N K Reeve | Principal | |
| Mr | T F Ronayne | Principal | |
| Mr | J B Bourn | Principal | |
| Mr | R R Potts | Principal | |
| Mr | C J Hooker | Principal, CBE | |
| Mr | J M Moss | Principal | |
| Mr | A C Hartley | Principal, OBE, CIE | |
| Mr | M J Culham | Principal | |
| Mr | W L St Clair | Principal | |
| Mr | C E Johnson | Principal | |
| Mr | T G T Taylor | Principal | |
| Mr | D E J Jago | Principal | |
| Mr | M D Tidy | Principal | |
| Mr | P W Heap | Principal | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | C E Goddard | Principal | |
| Mr | W E Harbord | Statistician | |
| Mr | W B Hunt | Senior Chief Executive Officer, OBE | |
| Mr | C Hewertson | Senior Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H W A Garmston | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R G C Davis | Chief Executive Officer, OBE | |
| Mr | A E Eburne | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J R Elvy | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | N H West | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | E G Hill | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | A W McMahon | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | H R Braden | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | R T F Sheppard | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | G L Smallwood | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | T H J Pyke | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J W Easton | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | O J Porter | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Mr | J W Ramsey | Principal Scientific Officer | |
| Public Relations Staff | |||
| Brig | P B C Moore | Chief of Public Relations, CMG | |
| Capt | B D O McIntyre | Director (Navy), DSO*, RN | |
| Capt | H H Cook | RCN | |
| Maj-Gen | P T Tower | Director (Army), DSO, MBE | |
| A/Cdre | James Wallace | Director (RAF), DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC | |
| Mr | T Cochrane | Deputy Director (General), OBE | |
| Mr | W Hayes | Deputy Director (Navy) | |
| Mr | B Langley | Deputy Director (Army), MBE | |
| Mr | S Gunnill | Deputy Director (RAF), MBE | |
| Defence Sales Organisation | |||
| Mr | R F Brown | Head of Defence Sales, OBE | |
| Maj-Gen | E M Hall | Military Deputy to Head of Defence Sales, MBE, BA | |
Source - Spring 1967 Air Force List
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