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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Bertram Hewett Hunter b: 3 Jul 1874 r: 1 Nov 1919 (RAF) d: 20 Sep 1946
CMG
-
xx xxx 1919,
CBE -
3 Jun
1919, DSO
- 3 Jun 1916, CdeG (B) - 12 Jul 1918, MiD -
xx xxx 1914.
For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here
(Army):
- 2 Lt: 22 May 1895, Lt:
28 Jul 1897, Capt:
20 Feb 1901, (T) Maj:
1 Nov 1911, Maj: 15 Oct 1913, (T) Col: 2
Jan 1915, (B) Lt Col: 23 Jun 1915, (T) Brig-Gen:
3 Jan 191
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen [Lt Col]: 1
Apr 1918, Act Brig-Gen: 1 May 1919, Gp
Capt: 1 Aug 1919, (G) Maj-Gen: 27 Feb - 3 Aug 1919,
Act A/Cdre: 4 Aug 1919, .(G) AVM: 4 Aug - 18
Oct 1919.
(RARO): Col: 4 Mar 1923, (H) Brig-Gen: 4 Mar 1923
xx xxx 1894: Attended Riding Class, Royal Military College.
22 May 1895: Officer, 4th Rifle Brigade
xx xxx 1895: Officer, 2nd Rifle Brigade
30 Nov 1895: Qualified as Range Finding Instructor
xx xxx 1895: Officer, 4th Rifle Brigade
15 Jun 1897: Gained Hythe Officers' Certificate (Musketry)
28 May 1898: Gained Special Signalling Certificate, Aldershot
1 Jul 1898: Served in Egypt
21 Sep 1898: Served in Crete
3 Nov 1898: Served in Malta
19 Dec 1898: Returned to UK
xx xxx 1899: Attended Musketry Course, Hythe
30 Sep 1899: Adjutant, 4th Rifle Brigade.
16 Mar 1901: Attached as Company Commander with Mounted Infantry in South Africa, graded as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General.
4 Apr 1902: Returned to UK
16 Jul 1902: Served in South Africa
28 Dec 1902: Returned to UK
13 May 1903: Adjutant, 1st London Volunteer Rifle Corps.
13 Jul 1906: Served in India
xx xxx 1910: Attended Staff College, Quetta.
1 Nov 1911: Staff Captain, War Office
1 Jan 1914: Brigade Major, 2nd Infantry Brigade
26 Oct 1914: Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General
2 Jan 1915: Assistant Adjutant-General
3 Jan 1916: Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General XIV Corps & 9th Army, France
1 Apr 1918: Brigadier-General (Administration), HQ No 3 Area
8 May 1918: Brigadier-General (Administration), HQ Midland Area.
1 May 1919: GOC, HQ Midland Area.
4 Aug 1919: AOC, HQ Midland Area.
1 Nov 1919: Relinquished RAF Commission.
9 Jan 1920: Assistant Adjutant General Military Inter-Allied Commission, Austria.
9 Sep 1921: Relinquished his appointment as above
4 Sep 1922: Ceased to be specially employed and placed on half pay list.
3 Jul 1929 Ceased to be liable for recall and removed from RARO.
Educated Eton & Sandhurst, he was slightly wounded with
the 14th Mounted Infantry at Holland, E. Transvaal, 19 December 1901.
He was wounded again during the Battle of the Marne in
September 1914Retired from the Army in 1923, Comptroller to the Household of HRH Duke of Connaught 1909 - 46. Colonel Commandant, 1st Rifle Brigade 1940 - 41.
This page was last updated on 17/08/19
E Cook 
