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Brigadier General H D Briggs

Harold Douglas                  b: 29 Sep 1877                 r: xx xxx 1919                     d: 13 Sep 1944

CMG - 1 Jan 1919, LoH O - 19 Dec 1917, RS3 - 8 Nov 1918.  

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here

(RN): - Mid’n: xx xxx xxxx, Act Sub-Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Sub-Lt: 15 Sep 1897, Lt: 15 Sep 1899, Cdr: 31 Dec 1911, Act Wg Capt: 11 Nov 1915. Wg Capt: 30 Jun 1917, Capt: 30 Jun 1917

(RAF): - Brig-Gen [Lt Col]: 18 Feb 1918, Col: 18 Feb 1918, Act Brig-Gen:  xx xxx xxxx, 

xx xxx xxxx:           Lieutenant, Admiral Commanding Coast Guards and Reserves (1908)

28 Dec 1912:           Commander (Executive Officer), HMS Bellerophon

1915                        Officer in  Command of Air Stations under Admiral Commanding, East Coast of England

xx xxx xxxx:              Staff, Inspecting Captain of Air Training, RNAS.  

xx Jan 1916:              Inspecting Captain of Air Training, RNAS.  

xx Apr 1916:            Officer Commanding, RNAS Vendome

xx Sep 1917:             Inspecting Captain of Air Training, RNAS.

18 Feb 1918:            Director of ?, Air Ministry. 

 1 Apr 1918:             GOC, RAF Cranwell/No 12 Group.

xx xxx 1918:             GOC, No 9 (Operations) Group.