Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Bertie
Clephane Hawley b: 9 Jan 1880
r: 15 Nov 1929
d: 2 Jan 1969
CMG - 3 Jun 1918, CVO - 23 Jul 1937, CBE -
3 Jun
1919, MiD - 3 Jun
1918.
(Army):
- 2 Lt: 27 Jul 1898, Lt:
1 Apr 1901, Capt:
27 Jul 1907, Maj:
1 Sep 1915, (T) Lt Col: 31 Dec 1915, (B) Lt Col: 1 Jan 1917, Lt
Col (Home Guard): xx xxx xxxx.
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen [Lt Col]: 18
Feb 1918, Act Col: xx xxx xxxx, Col: 1 Jan 1919, Gp
Capt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Jan 1919], A/Cdre:
1 Jan 1922 [1 Aug 1919].
(RAFO): Sqn Ldr: 25 Jul 1938, (H) A/Cdre: 25 Jul 1938,
xx
xxx xxxx: Attended RMC Sandhurst.
27 Jul 1898: Appointed to a Commission on the Unattached List
14 Oct 1899: Officer,
23rd
Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army
16 Jan 1900: Transferred from the Unattached List [seniority to rank from 14 Oct 1899]
21 Sep 1914: Brigade-Major
31 Dec 1915: GSO III, War Office
18
Feb 1916: GSO
II, War Office
28 Feb 1917: Head of O-1 (GSO I), Directorate of Organisation, Directorate-General of Military Aeronautics
18
Feb 1918: Director of Air
Organisation.
8
Jun 1919:
Chief Staff Officer, HQ Middle East Area.
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Colonel (gazetted 22 Aug 1919)
1
Jan 1922:
AOC, Egyptian Group.
12
May 1924: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
27
Aug 1924: Chief Staff Officer, HQ Inland Area.
15
Dec 1927: AOC, No 23 Group.
15 Nov 1929 – xx xxx 1937: Secretary, RAF Display, Hendon.
25 Jul 1938: Granted a Commission in Class CC, RAFO
25 Jul 1938: Officer Commanding, No 4 Balloon Centre
16 Sep 1939: AOC, No 32 (Balloon Barrage) Group.
8 Mar 1939: Relinquished his commission in the RAFO
xx
xxx xxxx – xx xxx xxxx:
Officer, Home Guard
He served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later on the North West Frontier (1900-1902 and 1908) and Tibet during 1903-1904.
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