Key Ground Staff, 1923-1939
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| Role |
Name |
From |
To |
| Accountants |
Fg Off Alan L. Palmer |
23 April 1923 |
28 March 1926 |
| Fg Off Cecil G. Prior |
29 March 1926 |
30 November 1928 |
| Adjutants |
Fg Off Harold C. Pyper |
4 April 1923 |
11 June 1923 |
| Others (all pilots) |
23 July 1923 |
31 August 1939 |
| Medical
Officers |
Flt Lt Albert E. Henton |
25 February 1924 |
9 January 1925 |
| Flt Lt Herbert McW. Daniel |
6 January 1925 |
27 June 1925 |
| Flt Lt James B. Woodrow |
28 June 1925 |
18 April 1926 |
| Flt Lt Richard F. T. Grace |
19 April 1926 |
30 November 1928 |
| Flt Lt Edwin Donovan |
23 March 1936 |
11 August 1936 |
| Signals
Officers |
Fg Off William S. Allen |
19 November 1924 |
6 October 1926 |
| WO Albert Kemsley |
8 June 1936 |
19 October 1936 |
| Stores
Officers |
Fg Off Vincent S. Holbrook |
4 April 1923 |
6 April 1923 |
| Fg Off Hugh Jones |
4 May 1923 |
4 August 1924 |
| Fg Off Albert J. Adams |
5 August 1924 |
15 October 1925 |
| Fg Off William Bourne |
16 October 1925 |
11 January 1926 |
| Fg Off Cyrus P. Marshall |
13 January 1926 |
6 November 1928 |
| Name |
ADAMS, Albert Jabez |
| Number |
11080 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Stores Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 19 May 1887 |
| Arrived |
5 August 1924 |
| Departed |
15 October 1925 |
| Decorations |
Military Medal (1917), Mentioned in Despatches
(1919) |
| Notes |
enlisted in RNAS as Air Mechanic, 1914; tranferred
to RFC, 1915; commissioned in RFC, Feb 1918; transferred to
Stores Branch, May 1924; permanent commission as Fg Off, Feb
1925; retired as Flt Lt, May 1932; died Watford, Hertfordshire,
30 November 1960 |
| Name |
ALLEN, William Shepherd |
| Number |
03118 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Signals Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Woodhead Hall, Cheadle, Staffordshire, 24 January
1895 |
| Arrived |
19 November 1924 |
| Departed |
6 October 1926 |
| Decorations |
Mentioned in Despatches (1945) |
| Notes |
Com Temp 2 Lt, Royal Engineers, July 1915 (WIA,
Dec 1916, com 2 Lt (Hon Lt), RAF Tech Branch, June 1918; granted
permanent com as Lt (Fg Off) in RAF, Aug 1919; retired Jul 1935,
but employed by RAF as civilian; granted com as Hon Wg Cdr in
ASD Branch, RAFVR, Dec 1941; relinquished com as Hon Gp Capt,
Nov 1945; died North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 13 June 1974 |
|
| Name |
BOURNE, William |
| Number |
21045 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Stores Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Liverpool, 26 August 1887 |
| Arrived |
16 October 1925 |
| Departed |
11 January 1926 |
| Decorations |
White Russian Order of St. Stanislaus (3rd Class)
with Sword and Bow (1920); Mentioned in Despatches (1920); OBE
(1937) |
| Notes |
RFC Cadet on appointment to Temp 2 Lt on Prob,
RFC, Mar 1917; grantd SSC as Fg Off, Oct 1919; grntd permanent
com as Fg Off & transferred to Stores Branch, Aug 1925;
retired Aug 1942 & re-employed Aug 1942-Apr 1947; reverted
to retired list as Actg Gp Capt, Apr 1947; died Broadstairs,
Kent, 31 December 1974 |
| Name |
DANIEL, Herbert McWilliams, MD MRCS FRCS
LRCP |
| Number |
14132 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Role |
Medical Officer |
| Nationality |
Irish |
| Born |
Dublin, 10 August 1890 |
| Arrived |
6 January 1925 |
| Departed |
27 June 1925 |
| Notes |
Studied medicine, Dublin Uni (grad MB, Mar 1915);
com Temp Lt, RAMC, Feb 1916; granted SSC as Flt Lt, Medical
Branch, Jul 1920; granted permanent com as Flt Lt, Medical Branch,
Jul 1920 (gazetted Mar 1921); retired at own req, Oct 1936;
recalled Aug 1939-June 1942; died Aigburth, Lancashire, 4 May
1965 |
| Name |
DONOVAN, Edwin, MB ChB |
| Number |
23139 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Role |
Medical Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Yardley, Worcestershire, 16 August 1907 |
| Arrived |
Attached 23 March 1936 (MO, RAF Hospital Aden) |
| Departed |
Detached 11 August 1936 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1946) |
| Notes |
Studied medicine, Birmingham;
granted SSC as Fg Off in RAF Medical Branch, Oct 1932 (sen Oct
1931); rel com in RAFO on appointment to SSC as Flt Lt with
RAF Medical Branch, May 1934; transferred to RAFO, May 1939;
recalled, Aug 1939; rel com, Feb 1954, retaining Wg Cdr; died
Ringwood, Hampshire, 9 May 1982 |
| Name |
GRACE, Richard Fairfax Tukino 'Dick',
MB ChB MD MRCP |
| Number |
14243 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Medical Officer |
| Nationality |
New Zealander |
| Born |
Pukawa, Taupo, New Zealand, 14 December 1895 |
| Arrived |
19 April 1926 |
| Departed |
30 November 1928 |
| Notes |
Started studies in
medicine at Edinburgh Uni, Feb 1915 (Medical Orderly, Royal
Scots, May 1915-Sep 1918); graduated MB ChB, 1922; granted SSC
as Fg Off in RAF Medical Branch, May 1924; graduated MD, 1926;
transferred to RAFO, May 1929, & re-employed with RAF until
1932; re-joined RAF, 1939; rel com, retaining Wg Cdr, July 1954;
died Tunbridge Wells, 21 October 1963 |
| Name |
HENTON, Albert Ernest,
MRCS LRCP |
| Number |
Unknown |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Role |
Medical
Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Lambeth, 7 January 1870 |
| Arrived |
25 February 1924 |
| Departed |
9 January 1925 |
| Notes |
Studied botany, physics &
physiology, Edinburgh Uni, 1895-99; studied forensic medicine,
medicine, midwifery, physiology & surgery, 1899-1903; Diploma,
Society of Apothecaries, Jul 1903; MRCS & LRCP, London,
Jan 1905; com Temp Lt in AMS, May 1915; rel com in AMS, May
1917; grntd temp com as Capt (Flt Lt) in RAF, Med Branch, Jul
1918; relinquished temp com, retaining Flt Lt, July 1925; died
Naughton, Suffolk, 30 December 1933 |
| Name |
HOLBROOK, Vincent Stanley |
| Number |
134217 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Stores Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Christchurch, Hampshire, 20 October 1886 |
| Arrived |
4 April 1923 |
| Departed |
6 April 1923 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Tech Branch, 1918; app to SSC,
1919; app to PC as Fg Off, 1919; admitted hospital, 6 Apr 1923;
retired due to ill health, 8 Aug 1923; died Newbury, Berkshire,
13 February 1972 |
| Name |
JONES, Hugh |
| Number |
229 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer & Flight Lieutenant |
| Role |
Stores Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Everton, Lancashire, May 1891 |
| Arrived |
4 May 1923 |
| Departed |
4 August 1924 |
| Notes |
Joined RFC as NCO from Royal Engineers, July 1912; commissioned from the ranks, 10 Jul 1916; granted
PC as Fg Off, died RAF Hospital, Halton, 10 May 1932 |
| Name |
KEMSLEY, Albert |
| Number |
349298 |
| Rank |
Warrant Officer |
| Role |
Signals Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Maidstone, Kent, 14
January 1888 |
| Arrived |
8 June 1936 |
| Departed |
19 October 1936 |
| Decorations |
DSM (1916), LSGCM (1936) |
| Notes |
Enlisted in Royal Navy, 1904 & served until
1919; enlisted in RAF, Dec 1921; commissioned Fg Off (Commissioned
Signals Officer), 30 August 1937; died on active service
(natural causes) in
Egypt as Sqn Ldr att 256 Wing, 4 August 1941, aged 53; buried
Grave 2 B 10, Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery |
| Name |
MARSHALL, Cyrus Percival |
| Number |
21017 |
| Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying Officer |
| Role |
Stores Officer |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Moulmein, Burma, 28 February 1903 |
| Arrived |
13 January 1926 |
| Departed |
6 November 1928 |
| Notes |
SSC as Prob Plt Off, 10 Aug 25; trans to RAFO
Class C, Aug 30; relinquished commission, 10 Aug 34; commissioned
in RAFVR, 13 Jun 40; commissioned in Royal Marines, 10 Jun 41;
commission terminated, 18 Oct 41; died Coventry, Feb 90 |
| Name |
PALMER, Alan Leslie |
| Number |
11194 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Accountant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Clapham, Surrey, 4 January 1891 |
| Arrived |
23 April 1923 |
| Departed |
28 March 1926 |
| Notes |
Commissioned 2 Lt, 1915; temp commission
as Fg Off in RAF Stores Branch, 11 Apr 21; SSC as Fg Off, 4
May 22; trans to RAFO, 11 Apr 26; relinquished commission, 11
Apr 30; died Cleveland, Yorkshire, 1952 |
|
| Name |
PRIOR, Cecil George |
| Number |
11196 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Accountant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Hackney, London, 9 February 1900 |
| Arrived |
29 March 1926 |
| Departed |
30 November 1928 |
| Decorations |
OBE (1946) |
| Notes |
Commissioned in RNAS, 1917; commissioned 2 Lt
in RAF, 1 Apr 18; temp commission as Fg Off in RAF Stores Branch,
5 Mar 21; SSC as Fg Off, 25 Apr 22; PC as Fg Off, 15 Oct 24;
retired as Gp Capt, 9 Feb 55; died Eastbourne, 10 May 1980 |
| Name |
PYPER, Harold Clifford |
| Number |
04181 |
| Rank |
Flying Officer |
| Role |
Adjutant |
| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Exeter, Devon, 1 March 1893 |
| Arrived |
4 April 1923 |
| Departed |
11 June 1923 |
| Notes |
Enlisted in AIF, Sydney, Australia, 1914; commissioned
2 Lt, British Army, 19 Apr 15; WIA (lost left arm),
May 16; seconded to RFC, Apr 17; relinquished Army com on
appointment to RAF as Staff Officer (2 Lt), 1 Apr 18; retired
as Flt Lt, 19 Apr 33; commissioned Flt Lt in RAFVR, 1 Sep 39;
transferred to RAF Regiment, Feb 44; relinquished commission,
10 Feb 54, retaining Wg Cdr; died Taunton, 12 October 1966 |
| Name |
WOODROW, James Burgess,
MD |
| Number |
14183 |
| Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Role |
Medical Officer |
| Nationality |
Canadian |
| Born |
North Norwich, Ontario, Canada, 26 February 1883 |
| Arrived |
28 June 1925 |
| Departed |
18 April 1926 |
| Notes |
Commissioned in Canadian Army Medical Corps,
Nov 14; commissioned in RAF, 1 Apr 18; SSC as Flt Lt in RAF
Medical Branch, 24 Apr 22; trans to RAFO, Apr 26; commissioned
Temp Capt, RAMC, Jan 28; relinquished RAF commission, 24
Apr 30; temp com as Major, RAMC, May 34; Lt (subs), rtng
Temp Lt Col & Maj (WS), Nov 42; dismissed by GCM, 24 Dec 43;
died at sea aboard MV Empire Pride, between Colombo & Aden,
3 May 51 |
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