Lyster Fettiplace                b:  21 Sep 1874          r:  30 Nov 1928                        d:   7 Jun 1964

CB - 3 Jun 1924, CMG - xx xxx xxxx, DSO - 23 Jun 1915, Cwn, O - xx xxx 1917, CdeG (B) - 11 Mar 1918, LoH, C - 29 Nov 1918.  

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(Army): - 2 Lt:   26 Mar 1895, Lt:  26 Mar 1898, Capt:  1 Apr 1904, Maj:  30 Oct 1914, (T) Lt Col: 6 Feb 1916 (B) Lt Col: 1 Jan 1917, Col: xx xxx xxxx

(RAF) Lt Col: 1 Apr 1918, (T) Col: 21 May 1918, Lt Col (Class A): 1 Oct 1918 [18 Apr 1918], Col: 1 Jan 1919, Gp Capt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Jan 1919], (T) Gp Capt: 20 Nov 1922 [1 Jan 1919], A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1925:

(ASD Branch):   Gp Capt: 14 Sep 1939.

(Tech Branch):   Gp Capt: 24 Apr 1940.

26 Mar 1895:             Officer, Royal Engineers (Aldershot)

xx xxx xxxx:              Attended Course in Submarine Mining

xx xxx xxxx:              Served in Bermuda, Jamaica and Victoria, B.C.

xx xxx 1904:              Served in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

xx xxx 1906:              Served at Pembroke Dock

12 Jan 1909:              Assistant Inspector of RE stores, Royal Dockyard, Woolwich.

xx xxx 1913:              Officer Commanding, GHQ Wireless Unit.

xx xxx 1914:              Officer Commanding, Wireless Units, BEF

16 Feb 1916:              Officer Commanding, Wireless

10 Jul 1917:               Chief Experimental Officer, Signals Experimental Establishment. 

21 May 1918:             Officer Commanding, Wireless Experimental Establishment/ RAF Biggin Hill.

 1 May 1919:              Relinquishes his Temporary Commission in the RAF.

 1 May 1919:             Controller of Communications, Department of Civil Aviation.

1 Aug 1919:                Re-seconded to RAF for further two years (gazetted 27 Apr 1920)

xx xxx xxxx:                 Relinquishes his Temporary Commission in the RAF.

30 Nov 1922:             Granted a Temporary Commission in the rank of Group Captain.

30 Nov 1922:              Head of Signals Branch.

30 Nov 1928:             Relinquished his Temporary Commission on completion of his RAF service

14 Sep 1939:               Appointed to Commission in Administrative and Special Duties Branch

14 Sep 1939:               Deputy Director of Signals/Intelligence (4)

24 Apr 1940:               Transferred to Technical Branch

22 Apr 1942:

xx xxx 1942:                Staff, Directorate of Intelligence (Security)