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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Other Establishments - Officer and Staff Colleges
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This section lists those establishments which have existed in roughly the same form throughout their history and have had Commandants of Air Rank It includes pure RAF units and Joint Service units, having established posts for RAF Air Officers For continuity periods when the Commandant's post was lower than Air Commodore, the post holder was non GD or a Naval/Army officer held the post, have also been included Naval, Army and non-GD RAF officers or officers who did not ultimately attain Air Rank are shown in italics
This was formed on 1 November 1919 as The Cadet College at Cranwell. Its task was to train Flight Cadets who, if graduating successfully, would be appointed to Permanent Commissions in the RAF. On 23 December 1919 it was redesignated the RAF (Cadet) College and on 5 February 1920 was raised to Command status The title (Cadet) was dropped on 1 February 1929 and was reduced to Group status within Training Command on 9 July 1936. Control was transferred to No 28 Group on 1 December 1938 and in September 1939 the flying element was redesignated RAF College SFTS. When Training Command was split into Flying Training and Technical Training Commands on 27 May 1940 it was transferred to the former and on 20 March 1944 it was designated No 17 Service Flying Training School.
It reopened as the RAF College on 16 October 1946 and resumed the training of Flight Cadets as it had done before WW2, but over the subsequent years the syllabus was constantly revised. On 1 January 1966 the RAF Technical College from Henlow was absorbed bring the training of Engineering and General Duties officers to the same location. With the disbandment of Flying Training and Technical Training Commands the College reverted to the control of Training Command on 1 June 1968 and then RAF Support Command on 13 June 1973 on the disbandment of Training Command. However, the training of Flight Cadets ended in 1970 after which all students passing through the College had first to graduate from a civilian university and from 1978 all officer training moved to the College. On 3 August 1979 the RAF College Support Unit was formed and on 1 February 1989 the flying element was redesignated No 3 Flying Training School. It was transferred to the control of Personnel and Training Command on 1 April 1994 and then to Air Command on 1 April 2007. It remains the RAF's only officer training establishment to the present time (2017).
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1920 - 1936 Commandant was the same as AOC, RAF Cranwell (See Command section)
Listings of officers serving in this establishment (1920-1939) are available in the Members' Area
3 Dec 1934: A/Cdre-AVM H M Cave-Browne-Cave
21 Dec 1936: AVM J E A Baldwin
15 Aug 1939: A/Cdre D Harries?
xx xxx xxxx: A/Cdre R Halley ??
xx xxx 1945
A/Cdre W E G Bryant
12 Oct 1946
A/Cdre R L R Atcherley
1 Jan 1949
A/Cdre G R Beamish
31 Jul 1950
A/Cdre L F Sinclair
25 Aug 1952
16 Apr 1956
A/Cdre T A B Parselle
26 Aug 1958
A/Cdre D F Spotswood
16 Apr 1961
A/Cdre E D McK Nelson
21 Aug 1963
A/Cdre M D Lyne
28 Dec 1964
A/Cdre-AVM I D N Lawson
1 Feb 1967
AVM T N Stack
9 Mar 1970
AVM F D Hughes
23 Sep 1972
AVM R D Austen-Smith
9 Jul 1975
AVM W E Colahan
28 Jan 1978
AVM D Harcourt-Smith
9 Jan 1980
AVM B Brownlow
31 Jan 1982
AVM R C F Peirse
18 Jan 1985
AVM E H Macey
17 Jul 1987
AVM R H Wood
8 Dec 1989
AVM R M Austin
21 Feb 1992
AVM D Cousins
7 Oct 1994
AVM A J Stables
22 Jan 1997
AVM J H Thompson
30 Jul 1998 AVM T W Rimmer
21 Jul
2000
AVM H G Mackay
27 Jun 2002 AVM A J Smith
3 Dec 2003 A/Cdre M C Barter
5 Dec 2005 A/Cdre R B Cunningham
xx Apr 2008 A/Cdre A D Stevenson
xx xxx 2010: A/Cdre D J Stubbs
6 Dec 2013: A/Cdre C J Luck
xx Aug 2016 A/Cdre P J M Squires
xx Dec 2019 A/Cdre S A Marshall
Following a re-organisation on 9 April 2020, the post was redesignated as Officer Commanding, RAF College, Cranwell
9 Apr 2020 Gp Capt G J Bettington
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| 1st - 6 July 1948 HM King George VI 2nd - 25 July 1960 HM Queen Elizabeth II 3rd - 30 May 1975 HM Queen Elizabeth II 4th - 27 July 1989 HM Queen Elizabeth II 5th - 24 July 2001 HRH The Prince of Wales |
This was formed on 1 April 1922 at Weyhill, near Andover within Inland Area, to provide staff training to selected officers, usually of Flight Lieutenant or Squadron Leader rank to enable them to undertake staff officer duties at the Air ministry or Command/Group HQs. It was closed the day that war was declared, 3 September 1939 but in November, shortened courses were started again, however the College was placed under Care and Maintenance on 28 May 1940.
On 23 July 1945 the Staff College relocated to Bracknell but a
smaller Staff College was retained at Bulstrode Park for the training of allied
and foreign staff officers, this unit became a separate unit on 7 February 1946
and returned to Andover on 3 February 1948, transferred from Technical
Training to Maintenance Command at the same time.
It was transferred to No 62 Group on 8 February 1950 and then raised to Group status within Training Command on 1 June 1968,
eventually being absorbed into the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1970
Listings of officers serving in this establishment (1920-1939) are available in the Members' Area
1 Apr 1922: AVM H R M Brooke-Popham
28 Mar 1926: A/Cdre E R Ludlow Hewitt
7 Sep 1930: A/Cdre P B Joubert de la Ferte
12 Dec 1933: AVM W R Freeman
1 Jan 1936: AM Sir Arthur Barratt
xx xxx 1939:
28 May 1940 Placed on Care and Maintenance
26 Jul 1948
A/Cdre L W Cannon
xx xxx 1949
A/Cdre J N T Stephenson
31 Mar 1952
A/Cdre W G Cheshire
25 Apr 1953
A/Cdre G P Chamberlain
1 May 1954
A/Cdre D W Lane
21 Apr 1958
A/Cdre E D McK Nelson
3 Oct 1960
A/Cdre N C Hyde
24 Sep 1962
A/Cdre C V D Willis
3 Mar 1965
A/Cdre W D Hodgkinson
7 Mar 1966
A/Cdre P O V Green
7 Oct 1968
A/Cdre J A G Jackson
RAF Staff College, Bulstrode Park
The Staff College re-opened at Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross under the control of No 27 Group in 12 December 1941. The course was of 12 weeks duration with and initial student intake of 45 and a directing staff of 7, the student intake size was expected to increase to 100. The first course commenced on 6 January 1942.
On 23 July 1945 the Staff College relocated to Bracknell but a smaller Staff College was retained at Bulstrode Park for the training of Allied and foreign staff officers, and became a separate unit on 7 February 1946. On 1 January 1947 it was transferred from Technical Training to Maintenance Command, and moved to Andover on 3 February 1948
12 Dec 1941 AVM B E Sutton
xx Sep 1942 AVM R M Hill
xx Jul 1943
A/Cdre A H Cobby RAAF
xx xxx 1943
AVM C E H Medhurst
xx Dec 1944
AVM R Graham
xx Jul 1945 A/Cdre F J W Mellersh
2 Jan 1947
A/Cdre D A Boyle
xx xxx 1947 A/Cdre A W B McDonald
The major part of the Staff College at Bulstrode Park was re-located to Bracknell in July 1945 to continue the training of staff officers for the RAF. On 1 January 1947 it was transferred from Technical Training to Flying Training Command and to Home Command on 1 August 1950 Training Command took control of the College on 1 June 1968 and RAF Support Command on 13 June 1973, then finally on 1 April 1994 control was transferred to Personnel and Training Command but it was disbanded by being absorbed into the Joint Services Command and Staff College on 1 January 1997.
xx Jul 1945
AVM R Graham
xx Dec 1945: AVM A P M Sanders
xx xxx 1947 AVM T M Williams
1 Jan 1949
AVM J D I Hardman
18 Jun 1951
AVM A D Gillmore
xx xxx 1953
AVM D Macfadyen
xx Apr 1956
AVM D F Barnett
1 Aug 1956
AVM R Faville
1 Jan 1957
AVM S C Elworthy
1 Dec 1959
AVM M L Heath
1 Jan 1962
AVM D J P Lee
1 Jan 1965
AVM T W Piper
1 Jun 1966
AVM D C Stapleton*
22 Apr 1968
AVM N M Maynard*
27 Sep 1970
AVM M J Beetham*
2Oct 1972
AVM A McK S Steedman*
16 Aug 1975
AVM K A Williamson*
23 Feb 1977
AVM J B Curtiss*
27 Feb 1980
AVM M Beavis*
21 Apr 1981
AVM D Parry-Evans*
29 Jan 1983
AVM A G Skingsley*
29 Sep 1984
AVM G A White*
9 Feb 1987
AVM D T Bryant*
6 Jan 1989
AVM A F C Hunter*
8 Aug 1990
AVM R G Peters**
5 May 1993
AVM M P Donaldson
15 Jan 1996
AVM M Van Der Veen
*Also held post of AOC, Command and Staff
Training
**Continued as AOC, Command and Staff
Training
RAF Wing, Middle East Staff School
The Middle East Staff School was formed by the British Army at Haifa on 15 February 1940. By January 1942 there had been 5 courses held and three of these each included a single RAF officer. For Course No 6 a separate Wing was established for RAF students, although they and the Army colleagues still carried out joint lectures and syndicates at times. The school changed its name to Middle East Staff College between April and June 1943.
31 Jan 1942 Wg Cdr B C Yarde
13 Jun 1942 Gp Capt E R E Black
28 Dec 1942 Gp Capt S B Harris
RAF Wing, Middle East Staff College
This was formed between April and June 1943 by renaming the Middle East Staff School, the RAF Wing remaining under Army control, The RAF Wing was redesignated RAF Staff College (Overseas) on 1 September 1944.
xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt S B Harris
26 Jun 1943 Gp Capt S H C Gray
This was formed at Haifa on 1 September 1944 from the RAF Wing of the Middle East Staff College, administered by AHQ Levant and under the operational control of HQ Middle East Command. Each course was of 14½ weeks duration and comprised 36 students.
The College closed on 5 October 1946 at the end of Course No 16
1 Sep 1944 A/Cdre S H C Gray
9 Aug 1945 A/Cdre A G Adnams
The three entries above have been prepared using materials supplied by Gp Capt D J Read MA AMIBM RAF (Rtd)
This was formed on 15 January 1947 at Latimer House, Chesham, its role being to train officers already qualified as staff officers in their own service for staff work in joint or combined HQs. Its students would usually be of Commander, Lieutenant Colonel and Wing Commander rank and it was renamed National Defence College on 7 August 1971
15 Jan 1947 R-Adm C E Douglas-Pennant
xx xxx xxxx Maj-Gen W H Stratton
26 Oct 1951
AVM L Darvall
xx Nov 1953 Rear -Adm W K Edden RN
1 Mar 1956 Maj-Gen P N White
xx xxx 1958
AVM Sir Laurence Sinclair
xx xxx 1960
A/Cdre W Carter
1 Oct 1962 Maj-Gen C M F Deakin
5 Jul 1965 AVM S W B Menaul
2 Sep
1970
Maj-Gen T D H McMeekin
This was formed on 7 August 1971 by renaming the Joint Services Staff College
and was renamed Joint Services Defence College in 1983
6 Aug 1971 Maj-Gen T D H McMeekin
3 Nov 1972
AVM F B Sowrey
21 Jul 1975
21 Jul 1977: Maj-Gen A C Bate
31 Dec 1979
AVM F D G Clark
xx Sep 1981 R-Adm D C Jenkin
Joint
Services Defence College
This was formed in 1983 by renaming the National Defence College,
being absorbed into
the Joint Services Command and Staff College on 1 January 1997
xx xxx xxxx
4 Apr 1986
AVM B H Newton
14 Apr 1988
21 Apr 1992
AVM R P O'Brien
31 Mar 1994
Rear-Adm N J Wilkinson
This
was formed
on 1 January 1997 at Latimer House, Chesham to replace individual Staff Colleges for each service.
1 Jan 1997 Rear-Adm N J Wilkinson RN?
1 Sep 1997 Maj-Gen T J Granville-Chapman
4 Jan 2000 AVM B K Burridge
28 Jan 2002 Rear-Adm R Lippett
3 Mar 2003 Maj-Gen John McColl
1 Mar 2004 Maj-Gen N R Parker
xx Jul 2005 AVM N D A Maddox
xx Jul 2007 Rear-Adm N Morisetti
xx xxx xxxx Maj-Gen G J Binns
xx Jul 2010 AVM R Lock
Assistant
Commandants (Air)
1 Apr 1997 A/Cdre M G F White
12 Jan 1999 A/Cdre A D Sweetman
3 Sep 2001 A/Cdre A P N Lambert
12 May 2003 A/Cdre I A Milne
31 May 2005 A/Cdre M J Harwood
Listings of officers serving in this establishment (1920-1939) are available in the Members' Area
1 Sep 1926: V-Adm Sir Herbert Richmond
xx Jan 1929: Maj-Gen W H Bartholomew
19 Jan 1931: AM Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
19 Jan 1933: V-Adm/Adm Sir Lionel Preston
15 Jan 1935: Maj-Gen R H Haining
1 Sep 1936: AM Sir Arthur Longmore
1 Jan 1939 V-Adm T H Binney
xx Dec 1945: Gen Sir William Slim
1 Jan 1948: ACM Sir John Slessor
19 Sep 1949: V-Adm Sir Charles Daniel
1 Jan 1952: Gen Sir Frank Simpson
1 Jan 1954: ACM Sir Arthur Sanders
1 Jan1956: Adm Sir Guy Russell
1 Jan 1958: Gen Sir William Oliver
6 Jan 1958: Gen Sir Geoffrey Bourne
xx xxx 1961: Sir Robert Scott
25 Sep 1961: ACM Sir Hugh Constantine
28 Jun 1964: Adm Sir Deric Holland-Martin
4 Jan 1966: Gen Sir John Anderson
8 Jan 1968:
ACM Sir Donald Evans
xx xxx 1970
Senior RAF Directing Staff
27 Jul 1932: Gp Capt W S Douglas
14 Jan 1936: A/Cdre C F A Portal
3 Aug 1937: A/Cdre D G Donald
xx xxx 1946
AVM H P Lloyd
xx xxx 1948
AVM R Ivelaw-Chapman
xx xxx 1950
AVM W Dawson
xx xxx 1952
AVM C B R Pelly
xx xxx 1954
AVM T N McEvoy
24 Feb 1956
AVM E C Hudleston
xx xxx 1957
1 Mar 1959
xx xxx 1961
AVM P T Philpott
31 Jul 1963
23 Jul 1965
AVM S B Grant
8 Jan 1968
AVM M D Lyne
1 Jan 1970 AVM C M Clementi
Royal
College of Defence Studies
xx xxx xxxx: Mr Alastair Buchan
14 Jan 1972 Gen Sir Mervyn Butler
19 Jan 1973 Gen Sir Antony Read
7 Jan 1974 ACM Sir John Barraclough
13 Jan 1976
9 Jan 1978 Gen Sir David Fraser
7 Jan 1980 ACM Sir Robert Freer
6 Jan 1982 V-Adm Sir William Pillar
xx Jan 1984
Gen Sir Michael Gow
6 Jan 1986 V-Adm Sir David Halifax
4 Jan 1988 ACM Sir Michael Armitage
3 Jan 1990 Lt-Gen Sir Antony Walker
xx xxx 1992 ?
1 Apr 1994
AM Sir Timothy Garden
20 Dec 1995 Lt-Gen S C Grant
15 Aug 1998 V-Adm J H S McAnally RN
3 Jan 2001 Lt-Gen Sir Christopher Wallace
xx xxx 2003
20 Jan 2005 Adm Sir Ian Garnett
Senior
RAF Directing Staff
1 Jan 1970
AVM C M Clementi
14 Jan 1972
AVM J C T Downey
31 Jan 1974
AVM R P Harding
10 Jan 1976
AVM N E Hoad
3 Jan 1978
AVM W J Herrington
12 Jan 1980
AVM M J Armitage
19 Dec 1981
AVM J B Duxbury
17 Dec 1982
AVM L W Phipps
10 Jan 1984
AVM B H Newton
28 Feb 1986
AVM J F H Tetley
5 Jan 1987
AVM M K Adams
1 Jan 1989
AVM C E Evans
1 Jan 1992
AVM W McC Rae
3 Jan 1995
AVM P Dodworth
1 Jul 1996
AVM P J Goddard
7 Jan 1998 AVM K D Filbey
17 Dec
1999
AVM P W Roser
10 Apr 2003 AVM D C Couzens
2 Jan 2005 AVM S Chisnall
25 Mar 2008 AVM A G Walton
xx Jul 2009 AVM B L Bates
xx Mar 2012 AVM M J Harwood
"The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom formed on 1 April 2002 under
the Directorship of Sir Roger Jackling The
Defence Academy is to be a national and international centre of excellence,
providing civilian and military personnel with a high-quality education,
primarily at post-graduate level, and conducting research in fields related to
defence It has brought together the following organizations:
It is intended that the Defence Academy will exert an increasing influence with
national and international military and academic institutions and will provide a
focus for the research effort of the existing Colleges in support of defence
objectives, including the development of policy and doctrine by the Policy
Director and the Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre
which will remain co-located at Shrivenham but not under command of the Academy
"
©Crown
Copyright
xx xxx xxxx Sir Roger Jackling
xx May
2005 Lieutenant
General Sir John Kiszely
"The Defence Leadership Centre (DLC), part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, exists to improve the quality of leadership throughout Defence
As such, the Centre has two primary roles Firstly, it acts as the Ministry of Defence departmental focus - both inward and outward looking - for policy and best practice on leadership
Secondly, it works with the Service and civilian personnel authorities to address leadership issues, particularly in the strategic environment, within the Ministry of Defence " ©Crown Copyright
xx xxx xxxx: A/Cdre D H Anderson
27 Sep 2004 A/Cdre P W Gray
Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering
"The Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE) was established on 1 April 2004 as a result of the Defence Training Review (DTR) and is an important step in the migration to a partnered solution for Defence Training
The principal task of the DCAE is to provide a high quality, relevant and up-to-date aeronautical engineering (AE) training to fulfill the needs of tomorrow's front line To that end, the College is exploiting the opportunity to combine the best aspects of the Services' current AE training; such refinement will contribute to the development of Defence Aeronautical Training for the future Concurrently, the DCAE is supporting the development of a partnered solution for Defence Training
Comprised of training establishments across 5 sites, the DCAE
embraces the AE and survival equipment elements of RN training at HMS Sultan
(Gosport), the REME School of Electronic and Aeronautical Engineering at
Arborfield, the RAF No 1 School of Technical Training at Cosford, specialist RAF
Engineering Officer Training at Cranwell and the RAF`s Painter and Finisher
training at St Athan Although the DCAE is a federation of military units, it
is first and foremost a cost-effective business For example, Cosford was one of
the first Defence College sites to become fully accredited to an ISO 9000-2000
quality assurance system and it has now embarked on substantial business
initiatives to secure International Defence Training contracts "
1 Apr 2004 A/Cdre S Sims
xx xxx 2006 A/Cdre N W Gammon
xx xxx xxxx A/Cdre C H Green
1 Jul 2011 Gp Capt J B Johnson
xx Mar 2013 Gp Capt A M Sansom
xx Jul 2015 Gp Capt M Hunt
xx Jul 2017: Gp Capt A J Baker
xx Jul 2020 Gp Capt G J Bryant
xx Jul 2022 Gp Capt C G W Gibb
"Formed on 1 April 2004, the Defence College of Communications and Information Systems is one of 6 Defence Training Establishments designed to deliver more coherent, efficient and cost effective training across defence
The College consists of a Headquarters based at Blandford
Camp, the Royal Navy CIS Training Unit at HMS Collingwood, the Royal School of
Signals at Blandford Camp and Number 1 Radio School at DCAE Cosford of which the
Aerial Erector School at RAF Digby is a part The separate schools currently
deliver a wide range of Service specific and generic CIS As a result of the
Defence Training Review plans will be made to co-locate these elements and enter
into a commercial partnership with an industrial consortium, which should see
the delivery of the first genuine 'Defence', rather than single-Service,
training courses Central to the College's vision is the concept of training
development on a joint basis for which, a team has been incorporated into the
Headquarters "
This was formed at MOD Lyneham with the intention of centralising the technical training of all three services at one location, but that was later revised with RAF training remaining at RAF Cosford and RN training at HMS Sultan.
xx xxx xxxx Brig R N H Bennett
xx May 2019 A/Cdre A M Sansom
RAF Chaplains’ School (Church of England)
It was officially established in No 28 Group, Technical Training Command on 19 November 1943 as a lodger unit to the RAF No 2 Initial Training Wing, Cambridge It was accommodated at Magdalene College It soon developed two basic programs: the Moral Leadership Course (which originally had been held in other venues for both officers and airmen) and the Chaplains’ Course. On 1 June 1944 it was transferred from No 28 Group to No 43 Group, Maintenance Command. An additional course for chaplains called simply “Chaplains Special Course (second series)” was introduced in August 1944
Originally the officer in charge of the RAF Chaplains School held the title of Commandant, with Principal being a separate position occupied by a civilian clergy member These two positions would be combined in 1951 with a RAF Chaplain continuing as head On 28 February 1945, the School was relocated to Dowdeswell Court, near Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, where it was transferred back to Technical Training Command.
In December 1961 the school was relocated to its current location at Amport House, in Hampshire Since 1996, it has operated as the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Training Centre, providing chaplains training and instruction in ‘soft skills’ for all three branches of the British military.
19 Nov 1943 Rev (Wg Cdr) C J F Gilmore
25 Feb 1946 F N Towndrow
xx Feb 1947 S W Betts
xx Aug 1947 R N Shapley
xx Nov 1927 F W Cocks
xx xx 1950 G W N Groves
xx xx 1952 N F Porter
xx xx 1954 T Hankin
xx xx 1956 E W Ainsworth
xx xx 1959 J N Keeling
xx xx 1960 C E Moxley
xx xx 1964 W E G Payton
xx xx 1965 W A Thomas
xx xx 1966 T R Quin
xx xx 1969 R McLeod
xx xx 1973 E A C Cannan
xx xx 1974 O H Owen
xx xx 1977 L V Henry
xx xx 1979 H J Stuart
xx xx 1980 R C Hubble
xx xx 1982 T I Wilson
xx xx 1985
xx xx 1988
xx xxx 1991
xx xxx 1993
xx xxx 1995
xx xxx 1996
xx xxx 2000
xx xxx 2002
xx xxx 2005
xx xxx 2008
xx xx 2011 Rev (Gp Capt) G Craig
11 June 2012 Rev (Gp Capt) A Bissell
The above entry was provided by Bruce R Johnson D.Min
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