Marshals of the Royal Air Force, 1927-1995

[Ken McCanliss]

For those of you interested in this topic, following is a complete list of the Marshals of the RAF:


1 Jan 27 Hugh Montague Trenchard (1873-1956)

1 Jan 33 John Maitland Salmond (1881-1968)

1 Jan 37 Edward Leonard Ellington (1877-1967)

4 Oct 40 Cyril Louis Norton Newall (1886-1963)

1 Jan 44 Charles Frederick Algernon Portal (1893-1971)

12 Sep 45 Arthur William Tedder (1890-1967)

1 Jan 46 William Sholto Douglas (1893-1969)

1 Jan 46 Arthur Travers Harris (1892-1984)

8 Jun 50 John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979)

1 Jun 54 William Forster Dickson (1898-1987)

1 Jan 58 Dermot Alexander Boyle (1904-1993)

12 Jun 58 Henry William Frederick Albert, H.R.H. 1st Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974)

6 Apr 62 Thomas Geoffrey Pike (1906-1983)

1 Apr 67 Samuel Charles Elworthy (1911-19??)

1 Apr 71 John Grandy (b. 1913)

31 Mar 74 Denis Frank Spotswood (b. 1916)

6 Aug 76 Andrew Henry Humphrey (1921-1977)

31 Jul 77 Neil Cameron (1920-1985)

14 Oct 82 Michael James Beetham (b. 1923)

15 Oct 85 Keith Alec Williamson (b. 1928)

14 Nov 88 David Brownrigg Craig (b. 1929)

?? ??? 93 Peter Robin Harding (b. 1933)


(Note: not included in list is honorary rank bestowed upon members of the British Royal Family.)

[Ken McCanliss]

High Commanders of the Royal Air Force, by Air Commodore Henry Probert.

[Mark Costa]

Ken -- as you can see from other forums, I am working on Marshals right now. I have the following list of further Royal Marshals of the RAF. Are there any others that I might have missed ??

King George V
King George VI
King Edward VIII
Prince Philip

Best Regards,

Mark

[Ken McCanliss]

Mark -

Those are the ones I alluded to above; not only were they Marshals of the RAF, but also Field Marshals and Admirals of the Fleet. (That would certainly give them a choice of uniforms at state functions, wouldn't it?)

Prince Henry was also a Field Marshal, but the circumstances were different.

[Mark Costa]

Ken -- thanks for confirming the royals for me. They do have some gret looking uniforms to choose from -- thats for sure. Will get that scan of the Russian book to you tonight.


Best regards,

Mark

[Ken McCanliss]

Short biographies of the ranking RAF officers in World War II may be found at this link:


http://www.rafweb.org/Cdrs_Rank.htm