Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Brigadier-General R K Bagnall-Wild

Ralph Kirkby                        b: 18 Aug 1873                         r: xx xxx xxxx                         d: 12 Oct 1953

CMG - 3 Jun 1918, CBE - 3 Jun 1919, MiD - 3 Jun 1918.

(Army): - 2 Lt:  25 Jul 1893, Lt: 25 Jul 1896, Capt: 1 Apr 1904, (T) Lt Col: 13 Nov 1915, Bt Maj: 3 Jun 1916, Maj: 24 Jan 1919 [2 Nov 1916].

(RAF): - (T) Lt Col [Maj]: 1 Apr 1918, (T) Brig-Gen: 6 Jul 1918, Act Brig-Gen: 1 May 1919, Wg Cdr: 1 Aug 1919.

xx xxx xxxx:            Attended Royal Military Academy

25 Jul 1893:             Officer, Royal Engineers.

xx xxx 1894:           Attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

15 Dec 1909:             Retired

xx xxx xxxx:             Reserve of Officers - Royal Engineers

 6 Jan 1914:                Inspector of Engines, Aeronautical Inspection Department.

13 Nov 1915:             Chief Inspector, Aeronautical Inspection Department.

xx Feb 1917:              Director of Inspection and Technical Adviser to Controller of Aeronautical Supplies, Air Board

 6 Jul 1918?:               Attached to Ministry of Munitions

 1 May 1919:              Director of Aeronautical Inspection

xx xxx 1921:             Director of Research

From  1919 to 1920 he served as Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

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