Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Defence Council, Defence Staff, Defence Scientific Staff, Defence Secretariat - Personnel 1970
Defence Council | ||
Rank | Name | Notes |
The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | Chairman of the Defence Council, Secretary of State for Defence, MBE, MP |
Mr | Roy Hattersley | Minister of Defence for Administration, MP |
Mr | John Morris | Minister of Defence for Equipment, MP |
Mr | Dr David Owen | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy, MP |
Mr | IvorRichard | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army, MP |
Lord | Winterbottom | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the RAF |
MRAF | Sir Charles Elworthy | Chief of the Defence Staff, GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA |
Adm | Sir Michael Le Fanu | Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord, GCB, DSC |
Gen | Sir Geoffrey Baker | Chief of the General Staff, GCB, CMG, CBE, MC, ADC |
ACM | Sir John Grandy | Chief of the Air Staff, GCB, KBE, DSO; later MRAF |
Gen | Sir Charles Harington | Chief Adviser Personnel and Logistics, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC |
Sir James Dunnett | Permanent Under-Secretary of State, GCB, CMG | |
Sir William Cook | Chief Adviser Projects, CB, FRS |
Secretary of State for Defence | ||
The Rt Hon | Denis W Healey | MBE, MP |
Mr | E Broadbent | Private Secretary |
Mr | J F Mayne | Assistant Private Secretary |
Mr | B A E Taylor | Assistant Private Secretary |
Mr | K R May | Assistant Private Secretary |
Mr | G W Fuller | Assistant Private Secretary |
Chief of the Defence Staff | ||
MRAF | Sir Charles Elworthy | GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA |
Brig | P J Howard Dobson | Principal Staff Officer |
Maj | I A Ferguson | Military Assistant |
Capt | V P W Harmsworth | ADC |
Permanent Under-Secretary of State | ||
Sir James Dunnett | GCB, CMG | |
Mr | C A Whitmore | Private Secretary |
Defence Services Secretary | ||
AVM | Alan H C Boxer | CB, DSO, DFC |
Central Defence Staff | ||
MRAF | Sir Charles Elworthy | Chief of the Defence Staff; GCB, CBE, DSO, MVO, DFC, AFC, MA |
AM | John Barraclough | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, CB, CBE, DFC*, AFC, MA; later ACM |
Lt Gen | J N Thomas | Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements), CB, DSO, MC |
Maj-Gen | A J Deane Drummond | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations), DSO, MC |
AVM | Neil Cameron | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy), CBE, DSO, DFC; later MRAF |
Maj-Gen | J H S Read | Acting Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy), OBE, MA |
Brig | R J McGarel-Groves | Director of Defence Operational Plans, OBE, RM |
Cdre | P J Bayne | Secretary of Chiefs of Staff Committee, DSC, RN |
Brig | A F Leslie | |
Cdre | H C N Goodhart | |
A/Cdre | Frederick B Sowrey | CB, CBE, AFC; later AM |
Capt | S F Berthon | RN |
Capt | P White | CBE, RN |
Capt | P E C Berger | MVO, DSC, RN |
Capt | D J Hallifax | RN |
Capt | C V Howard | DSC, RN |
Col | D B Alexander Sinclair | |
Col | R S Stewart Wilson | MC |
Col | R M Carnegie | OBE |
Col | M C Lanyon | MBE, MC |
Col | T L Morony | |
Col | J M A Younger | MBE |
Gp Capt | W J P Straker | AFC, AFRAeS |
Gp Capt | E P Landon | DFC |
Gp Capt | Kenneth Stevens | MA; later A/Cdre |
Gp Capt | Joseph A Gilbert | BA; later ACM |
Gp Capt | W J H Roberts | |
Gp Capt | Edward B Sismore | DSO, DFC**, AFC; later A/Cdre |
Lt Col | F R Henn | |
Defence Intelligence Staff | ||
AM (Ret) | Sir Harold J Maguire | Director-General of Intelligence, KCB, DSO, OBE |
Lt Gen | R A Fyffe | Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence) CB, DSO, OBE, MC |
AVM | Peter T Philpott | Director of Service Intelligence, CB, CBE; later AVM |
R-Adm | G A Henderson | Director of Management and Support Intelligence, CB |
Cdre | C R Sims | Commodore (INT) DIS, DSC |
Brig | D J Willison | Brigadier General Staff (INT) DIS |
A/Cdre | Christopher D North-Lewis | Air Commodore (INT) DIS, DSO, DFC* |
Mr | E A Radice | Director, CBE |
Mr | A Potts | Director |
Mr | G G Harris | Special Advisor, Chief Executive Officer |
Defence Signals Staff | ||
Maj Gen | J E Anderson | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Signals); CBE |
Capt | D A Poynter | Director of Naval Signals, CVO, MBE, RN |
Maj-Gen | P F Pentreath | Signal Officer-in-Chief (Army), MBE |
Capt | P C Prince | Deputy Director of Naval Signals, RN |
Brig | P E Hutchins | Brigadier General Staff (Signals) |
Brig | A D Brindley | Director of Telecommunications (Army), MBE, FIEE |
A/Cdre | Sinclair M Davidson | Director of Signals (Air), CBE, CEng, MIERE; later AVM |
Capt | S R Hack | Assistant Director of Communications Planning, OBE, MIEE, AMIERE, RN |
Col | T S Foster | |
Col | D G Jones | |
Col | E J Bardell | OBE |
Col | R C S Collison | |
Gp Capt | J B Wellingham | MA, CEng, AFRAeS, |
Gp Capt | A Boonham | OBE, MIERE |
Gp Capt | K Hellawell | MBIM |
Gp Capt | J Mackenzie | MBE, BSc, CEng, MIEE, AFRAeS |
Gp Capt | T Nicholson | MIEE |
Defence Personnel and Logistics Staff | ||
Gen | Sir Charles Harington | Chief Adviser Personnel and Logistics, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC |
R-Adm | J D Trythall | Assistant Chief Adviser Personnel and Logistics, OBE |
AVM (Ret) | Sir Edgar N Lowe | Director-General of Supply Co-ordination; KBE, CB |
A/Cdre | Director Defence Clarification Authority, OBE, BSc (Agric) | |
Col | E Ridgeway | Deputy Director (1) |
Mr | A B Platt | Deputy Director (2) |
Mr | A S Borrie | Director of Systems Co-ordination |
Brig | R A Blakeway | Directorate of Standardisation, OBE, BA |
Mr | L Summers | Deputy Director (1) |
Mr | J T Howard-Turner | Deputy Director (2) |
Col | S K Lecky | OBE, BSc, MIME, AMBIM |
Col | A D Mackenzie | |
Defence Accounts | ||
Mr | L R Palmer | Director General of Defence Accounts |
Mr | J G Ross | Director of Accounts (Pay) |
Mr | R H Prince | Director of Accounts (Cash), CBE |
Mr | M W Tebby | Director of Accounts (Costs) |
Mr | F M W Smith | Director of Accounts (Stores and Organisation), MBE |
Mr | P H Sargison | Head of Defence Civil Pay Plans, MBE |
Directorate-General of Defence Contracts | ||
Mr | E F Hedger | Director General of Defence Contracts, OBE |
Mr | J S Kay | Director of Contracts 1 |
Mr | T G Hazlewood | Director of Contracts 1 |
Mr | J F Cheesewright | Deputy Director of Contracts (Administration) |
Mr | G S Davies | Director of Contracts (Principal Accountant), OBE, FCA |
Mr | G G Gallagher | Director of Technical Costing, AFRAeS |
Central Defence Scientific Staff | ||
Sir William Cook | Chief Adviser (Projects and Research), CB, FRS | |
Mr | N Cole | Deputy Chief Adviser (Research and Studies) |
Mr | Y H B Macklen | Deputy Chief Adviser (Projects and Research) |
Mr | P R Wallis | Chief Scientific Officer |
MR | J W Gibson | Chief Scientific Officer |
Mr | F H East | Chief Scientific Officer, OBE |
Mr | A Stratton | Chief Scientific Officer, MA |
Mr | T H Pratt | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
Mr | J Highcock | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
Dr | I J Shaw | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, OBE |
Mr | W H Hill | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
Mr | A Walker | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
Dr | F H Panton | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
Dr | R C Knight | Deputy Chief Scientific Officer |
Mr | G F Komlosy | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | D C Fakley | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | A O Hunter | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | D P R Roessier | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | G W A Morris | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | A T Horton | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | N Brooke | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | G V Lorimer | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | J K Mason | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | D J Steer | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | F A Kingsley | Senior Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | W F Biddle | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | S A Byard | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | R N Anderson | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | F S Fidlan | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | R D G Mussett | Principal Scientific Officer |
Dr | G A Collie | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | K N Reed | Principal Scientific Officer |
Dr | J Walton | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | W E Jones | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | P L Chaplin | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | A D Edwards | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | G E G Graham | Principal Scientific Officer |
Dr | K K Wheatley | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | M S Wills | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | A L Oliver | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | G Lewis | Principal Scientific Officer |
Dr | A A Foxton | Principal Scientific Officer |
Mr | J M S Spiers | Principal Scientific Officer |
Defence Secretariat | ||
Sir James Dunnett | Permanent Under-Secretary of State, GCB, CMG | |
Mr | J M Wilson | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
Mr | G Leitch | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB, OBE |
Mr | R C Kent | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
Mr | E H Gwyan | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CB |
Mr | F Cooper | Deputy Under-Secretary of State, CMG |
Mr | P D Nairne | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, MC |
Mr | E D Wright | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
Mr | E G Cass | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, OBE |
Mr | R J Penney | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
Mr | L H Curzon | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CB |
Mr | R Haynes | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
Mr | C Wallworth | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, |
Mr | A P Hockaday | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG |
Mr | E Broadbent | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
Mr | G H Green | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
Mr | H P Hall | Assistant Under-Secretary of State, CMG, MBE |
Mr | A D Harvey | Assistant Under-Secretary of State |
Mr | H E Davies | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | W Marshall | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | P C Thomson | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | D W Ward | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | D C Humphreys | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | J D Bryars | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | J S Goldsmith | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | G R R East | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | R N Noyes | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | J A Millson | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | J E White | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | A G Draper | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | A S Bennell | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | J M Gibbon | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | P Nailor | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | F J Stephens | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | M H Tallboys | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | W F Mumford | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | K C Macdonald | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | A J Hall | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | W T Horsley | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | J H Nelson | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | A A Pritchard | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | D A Nichols | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | D A J West | Principal |
Mr | J L Fouracre | Principal |
Mr | A D Heskett | Principal |
Mr | J E Pestell | Principal |
Mr | N K Reeve | Principal |
Mr | J C Edwards | Principal |
Mr | N H Nicholls | Principal |
Mr | C H Henn | Principal |
Mr | C E Johnson | Principal |
Lt Col (Ret) | C E Goddard | Principal |
Mr | D K Bomfrey | Principal |
Mr | J Elliott | Principal |
Mr | M Gainsborough | Principal |
Mr | M H C Warner | Principal |
Mr | J M Stewart | Principal |
Mr | P Mehew | Principal |
Mr | R L I Facer | Principal |
Mr | D Wylie | Principal |
Mr | R W Farrington | Principal |
Mr | D R Morris | Principal |
Mr | D C R Heyhoe | Principal |
Mr | N J Beaumont | Principal |
Mr | A Goddard | Principal |
Mr | D Hanson | Principal |
Mr | J McClelland | Principal |
Mr | K P Jeffs | Principal |
Mr | M J Culham | Principal |
Mr | W L St Clair | Principal |
Mr | A J Figes | Principal |
Mr | G H A James | Principal |
Mr | R York | Principal Executive Officer |
Mr | W T Hutton | Principal Executive Officer |
Mr | C Hewertson | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | A C Hartley | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | H W A Garmston | 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 | R T F Sheppard | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | J W Easton | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | E J Pewsey | Chief Executive Officer |
Mrs | C L Jones | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | E W Powell-Chandler | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | R C Hurst | Chief Executive Officer |
Miss | A M Field | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | A B Fayle | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | B W H Brookes | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | O J Porter | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | N Lister | Chief Executive Officer |
Defence Statistics | ||
Mr | E Jones | Director |
Mr | W B Wakefield | Chief Statistician |
Mr | G A Deane | Chief Statistician |
Mr | P B Kenny | Chief Statistician |
Public Relations Staff | ||
Mr | J Groves | Chief of Public Relations |
Capt | H H Cook | Director (Navy), RCN |
Brig | A J Woodrow | Director (Army), MBE |
A/Cdre | Peter M Brothers | Director (RAF), CBE, DSO, DFC* |
Mr | T Cochrane | Deputy Director (General), OBE |
Mr | N Taylor | Deputy Director (Navy) |
Mr | R C Blackman | Deputy Director (Army) |
Mr | D A Scott-Reid | Deputy Director (RAF) |
Defence Sales Organisation | ||
Mr | L Suffield | Head of Defence Sales |
Maj-Gen | E M Hall | Military Deputy to Head of Defence Sales, MBE, BA |
Army Sales | ||
Mr | H R Hubert | Senior Principal Executive Officer |
Mr | T E Nissen | Principal Executive Officer |
Mr | W D Nash | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | J R Copeland | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | J R Copeland | Senior Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | T Murrell | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | R W Browne | Chief Executive Officer |
Brig | T R Warburg | CBE |
Navy Sales | ||
Mr | J Peters | Assistant Secretary |
Mr | C A Alldis | Principal |
Mr | H W A Garmston | Chief Executive Officer |
Mr | D A I Seargeant | Chief Executive Officer |
Source - Spring 1970 Air Force List
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