Air Commodore I M Bonham-Carter

Ian Malcolm b: xx Oct-Dec 1882 r: 1 Oct 1931 d: 31 Dec 1953

CB - 1 Jan 1923, OBE - 1 Jan 1919, LoH, C - 3 Nov 1914, SS2S - xx xxx xxxx, MiD - xx xxx xxxx, MiD - 19 Oct 1914, MiD - xx xxx xxxx.

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(Army): - 2 Lt: 22 Oct 1900, Lt: 5 Jun 1901, Capt: 16 Sep 1914, (T) Lt Col: 28 Sep 1916, Maj: 10 Sep 1917, (T) Col: 10 Sep 1917.

(RAF): - (T) Col [Lt Col]?: 1 Apr 1918, Act Col: xx Oct 1918?, Wg Cdr: 1 Aug 1919, Act Gp Capt: 1Aug 1919?, Gp Capt: 5 Aug 1919, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1925.

22 Oct 1900: Officer, 5^th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

xx xxx 1901: Officer, 1^st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

1 Oct 1909: Adjutant, Northumberland Fusiliers

3 May 1914: Pilot, No 4 Sqn RFC. (Various types – Netheravon/Western Front)

xx May 1914: Attended No 6 Course, Central Flying School.

30 Jun 1914: Appointed Flying Officer, RFC.

2 Nov 1914: Flight Commander, No ? Sqn RFC.

22 Apr 1916: Staff Captain, RFC.

28 Sep 1916: Commandant, No 1 School of Military Aeronautics (graded as Staff Officer Class 1)

6 Jul 1917: Commandant, No 1 School of Military Aeronautics (graded as Wing Commander)

10 Sep 1917: Commandant, School of Technical Training (Men) (graded as a Depot Commander)

1 Apr 1918: Staff Officer 1st Class, HQ No 1 Area.

8 May 1918: Staff Officer 1st Class, HQ South-Eastern Area.

8 Jun 1919: Deputy Director of Organisation.

1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel.

1 Aug 1919: Appointed Deputy Director, 2nd Class

5 Aug 1919: Appointed Deputy Director, 1st Class

1 Nov 1919: Reverted to Deputy Director , 2nd Class

9 Feb 1920: Officer Commanding, No 11 (Irish) Group.

26 Apr 1920: Officer Commanding, No 11 (Irish) Wing.

17 Feb 1922: Officer Commanding, RAF Ireland.

1 Aug 1922: Commandant, RAF Depot.

1 Oct 1925: AOC, No 3 Group.

12 Apr 1926: AOC, No 23 Group

1 Apr 1928: AOC, RAF Halton/Commandant, No 1 SoTT (Apprentices).

7 Mar 1939: Duty Air Commodore, Operations Room, HQ Fighter Command

The son of a Lieutenant Colonel in the Coldstream Guards, he was educated at Haileybury and was commissioned into the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1900. He served in the South African War during 1899 to 1900 in Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony. He gained RAeC Certificate No 794 on 25 May 1914. Whilst serving with No 4 Squadron in France, he visited his old regiment in the front line and was severely wounded, losing his leg. This gave him considerable pain throughout his career and eventually led to him being placed on the retired list on account of ill-health. However, whilst AOC, No 23 Group, he had an Avro 504 specially fitted to allow him to continue flying.

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