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Henry
Le Marchant
b: 5 May 1889
r: 1 Aug 1937
d: 11 Mar 1964 CB
- 26 Jun 1931, DSO - 1916, MiD - 17 Feb 1915. (Army):
- 2 Lt (Militia): xx xxx 1907, 2 Lt (RWR): 11 Dec 1909, Lt:
16 Nov 1912, (T) Capt
(RWR): 2 Oct 1914, (T)
Capt
(RFC): 11 Dec 1914, Capt: 31 Dec 1914, (T)
Maj: 7 Dec 1915, (T) Lt Col: 27
Dec 1916, (RAF): - (T) Lt Col
[Maj]: 1 Apr 1918, Wg
Cdr: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Gp
Capt: 1 Jan 1928, A/Cdre: 1 Jul
1931. xx xxx 1907: Officer, 2nd Battalion (Light Infantry) Royal Guernsey Channel Islands Militia, 11 Dec 1909: Officer, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 17
Dec 1913: Pilot, No 5 Sqn RFC. 11 Dec 1914: Flight Commander, RFC. 22
Jan 1915:
Instructor, Central Flying School. xx xxx xxxx: Flight Commander, No 4 Sqn RFC xx
Sep 1915: Officer Commanding, No 4 Sqn RFC. (Capt:) 7
Nov 1915: Officer Commanding, No 15 Sqn RFC. 27
Dec 1916: Officer Commanding, No ? Wing RFC. xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding, 20th (Reserve) Wing RFC, Egypt xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding RAF Waddington. 1 Aug 1919: Resigned his commission in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on appointment to a Permanent Commission in the RAF. 1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel 1
Mar 1920:
Officer Commanding, No 7 Wing. 7
Jun 1920:
Air Staff, HQ No 1 Group. 1
May 1923: Attended RAF Staff College. xx
xxx 1924: Staff, Directorate of Training. 25
May 1926: Air Staff, HQ ADGB. 21
Sep 1926: Officer Commanding, RAF Kenley. 10
Feb 1928: Officer Commanding, RAF Hinaidi. 8 Jan 1929: Supernumerary, HQ British Forces in Iraq 12
Jan 1929: Officer Commanding, No 1 (Indian) Group. 2
May 1931: Supernumerary, RAF Depot. 14
Sep 1931: AOC, No 22 Group. 1 Oct 1934 - 8 Jan 1935: AOC (Temporary), Inland Area 14
Jul 1936:
AOA, HQ Bomber Command. 1938
- 1942
Deputy Commandant, Royal Observer Corps. (Ret'd) He gained Royal Aero Club Certificate No 551 on 10 July 1913. Whilst
serving as an instructor at the CFS, one of his pupils was Jack Scott.
One day he was on the ground with a group of student pilots watching
Scott flying solo. Scott suddenly
entered a spin and Brock proceeded to explain to the assembled crowd what Scott
was doing. As Scott recovered he
proudly announced "There
he's done it", but no sooner had he said it then Scott entered another spin
which produced the comment. "Now
he's in a spin the other way. One
of you go and fetch the ambulance". Scott
crashed but although lamed he went on to complete his training and eventually
became Commandant of the CFS. This page was last updated on 16/06/07 using FrontPage XP©
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