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Air
Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game
Philip
Woolcott b:
30 Mar 1876
r: 1 Jan 1929
d: 4 Feb 1961
GCB
- 2 May 1945 (KCB - 3 Jun 1924, CB - 1
Jan 1919), GCVO -11 May 1937, GBE -
1 Jan 1929, KCMG - 3 Jun 1935,
DSO - 23 Jun 1915,
MiD
- 31 Dec 1918,
Cwn, Off - 26 May 1917, LoH, O -
17 Dec
1917. RUSI Essay Gold Medallist -
1910
(Army):
- 2 Lt: 2 Nov 1895, Lt: 2
Nov 1898, Capt: 20 Jun 1901, Maj:
15 Feb 1912, (T) Lt Col:
18 Jul 1915,
(B) Col: xx xxx 1917,
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen [Col]: 1 Apr 1918, Act
Maj-Gen:14 Oct 1918, Act
Brig-Gen: 31 Mar 1919, A/Cdre: 1 Aug 1919, AVM:
1 Jan 1922 [1 Aug 1919].
xx
xxx xxxx: Attended RMA Woolwich.
2 Nov 1895: Officer, Royal Artillery.
1 Jul 1902: Adjutant, Royal Artillery (Supernumerary Captain)
12 Sep 1905: Reverted to the establishment of the Royal Artillery.
22 Jan 1908: Attended Army Staff College.
22 Jan 1910: Reverted to the establishment of the Royal Artillery.
31
Dec 1910: GSO III .
7
Sep 1913:
GSO II,
Directorate
of Military Training
30
Nov 1914:
GSO
II, HQ 4th Army Corps
18
Jul 1915:
GSO
I, HQ 46th Division.
19
Mar 1916:
GSO I, HQ RFC in the Field.
16 Oct 1916: GSO I, General Staff
xx xxx xxxx: Senior Staff Officer, HQ RFC in the Field.
1 Apr 1918: Senior Staff Officer, HQ RAF in the Field
14
Oct 1918:
GOC, South Western Area.
31 Mar 1919: Director of Training and Organisation.
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Colonel
1 Aug 1919: Appointed Director
7 Dec 1922: Supernumerary, RAF India (pending appointment as AOC)
31
Dec 1922:
AOC, RAF India.
27
Nov 1923:
Air Member for Personnel.
In early 1916 he transferred to the RFC when
Trenchard requested an experienced
Staff Officer to improve the staff function in his HQ.
He was initially very dissatisfied with this move and he found himself at
unease with the technical nature of the post. However, his early doubts soon disappeared and he eventually
became Trenchard's right hand, being able to convert his rambling thoughts into cohesive
minutes and memorandum, even going to the extreme of taking flying lessons.
Following retirement from the RAF, at his own request,
he spent five years as Governor of New
South Wales in Australia becoming involved in some controversy with the state
government and suffering some severe criticism of his handling of the situation
before returning to Britain in 1935 to take up the post of Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police, a post recently vacated by his old 'boss' Trenchard,
remaining at it’s head until 1945. One
of his earliest tasks as Commissioner was the organisation of the crowd control
measures for the funeral of King George V.
This must have brought back memories as he had been the officer in charge
of the gun carriage, which had borne the coffin of Queen Victoria at her funeral
in 1901.
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