George Brindley Aufrere Baker
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1945
NPG x163832
Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
George
Brindley Aufrere b: 25 Jul 1894
r: 28 Jul 1946
d: 23 Oct 1968
CB - xx xxx 1942, CBE - 2 Jun 1943, MC - xx xxx 1917, MiD - 11 Jul 1919, MiD – 1 Jan 1946, CdeG(F) - 18 Apr 1918, LoM (Cdr) - 16 Oct 1945, DL (Huntingdon) - 3 Jun 1952
(Army): - (T) 2 Lt (Reserve): 14 Nov 1914, (T) Lt: 1 Jul 1916, (T) Capt: 27 Dec 1916, (T) 2 Lt (Regular): 3 Jan 1917 [23 Sep 1915], Lt: 12 Feb 1917 [6 Apr 1916]
(RAF): - Capt: 1 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug
1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan
1923, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1931, Gp
Capt: 1 Jan 1937, A/Cdre: 1 Jul
1939, Act AVM:
16 Dec 1941, (T) AVM: 10 Jan 1941, AVM:
Retained.
George Brindley Aufrere Baker
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1945
NPG x163832
14
Nov 1914: Officer,
9th
(Reserve) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
31 May 1916: Flying Officer, General List, RFC.
xx Jul 1916: Pilot, No 19 Sqn RFC.
27 Dec 1916: Flight Commander, No 19 Sqn RFC. (Spad SVII – Western Front)
3 Jan 1917: Awarded Commission in Regular Army
xx Apr 1917: ?
xx Jun 1917: Flight Commander, No 23 Sqn
xx Oct 1917: ?
xx May 1918: Flight Commander, No 85 Sqn
19
Jan 1919: Acting Officer Commanding, No 53 Sqn. (RE8 - France)
xx
Feb 1919:
12
Sep 1919: Pilot, No 210 Sqn. (Cuckoo – Gosport)
28 Oct 1919: Granted a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (effective from 1 Aug 1919)
8 Nov 1920: Restored to the active list.
xx xxx 1921: Staff Officer, Directorate of Training and Organisation.
1
Sep 1922: Supernumerary,
School of Photography, RAF Farnborough.
14 Sep 1923: Squadron Commander, No 2 School of Technical Training (Boys).,
23
Aug 1924: Squadron Commander, No 2 FTS.
9
May 1926: Attended RAF Staff College.
26
Aug 1927:
Officer Commanding, Heliopolis Details
15
Mar 1928: Squadron Commander, No 4 FTS, Abu Sueir.
25
Feb 1930: Air
Staff, HQ Transjordan and Palestine.
14
Sep 1931: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
28 Dec 1931: Attended Refresher Flying Course, No 24 Sqn.
10
Jan 1932: Staff, RAF Base Gosport.
5
Dec 1933: Supernumerary, RAF North Weald.
14
Dec 1933: Officer Commanding, RAF North Weald.
13 Dec 1934: Leave, pending posting?
15
Jan 1935: Attended Imperial Defence College.
22
Dec 1935: Air Staff, HQ Fighting Area.
1
May 1936: Air Staff, HQ No 11(Fighter) Group.
9
Jul 1936: Director of Armament Development.
xx
xxx 1940: Deputy
Director-General II/Head of Technical Department, British Purchasing Mission, USA.
12
Sep
1941: SASO, HQ Coastal Command
1 Jan 1943: AOA, HQ Technical Training Command
1
Jul 1944: Chief of
Staff RAF (Air), Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
1
Dec 1945:
Director of Training (Plans).
He was educated at Cheltenham and University School, Victoria, British Columbia. In 1913 he was awarded a Class A studentship from the Law Society. He gained RAeC Certificate No 2729 on 6 April 1916. After retiring from the RAF, in later life, he transcribes books into braille for the blind and his daughter Katharine became a doctor, founding the Katharine Dormandy Trust to help those with Haemophilia.
Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross
"BAKER, George Brindley Aufrere, Captain - No.19 Squadron.
(A) Flight Commander, (he has) led a great many offensive patrols and successful bomb raids and has set a fine example by his dash and initiative."
(Source - Air 1/1258/204/5/22488)
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