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Air Commodore H Gordon-Dean
Horace
b: 3 Dec 1890
r: 16 May 1938
d: xx xxx xxxx
AFC – 3 Jun 1919,
(Army): - (T) 2 Lt: 6 Feb 1915, 2 Lt: 6 Sep 1915, (T) Capt: 30 Aug 1916, Lt: 18 Dec 1916 [14 Aug 1916], (T) Maj: 10 Dec 1917
(RAF): - (T) Maj [Capt]: 1 Apr 1918, Sqn Ldr: 1 Aug 1919, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1927, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1933, Act A/Cdre: xx xxx xxxx.
xx xxx xxxx: Officer, 8th Battalion, Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment.
5 Mar 1916: Seconded for service with the RFC
xx xxx xxxx: Flying Officer, RFC
30 Aug 1916: Flight Commander, No ? Sqn, RFC
10 Dec 1917: Officer Commanding, No ? Sqn RFC
28 Sep 1918: Officer Commanding, No 107 Sqn.
30 Jun 1919: ?
1 Aug 1919: Resigned his commission in the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment.
23 Dec 1919: Staff, Inspector of Recruiting.
5 Oct 1921: Attended Cambridge University.
1 Oct 1923: Attended London University.
9 May 1926: Attended RAF Staff College.
xx xxx xxxx:
6 Sep 1927: Staff Officer, HQ Wessex Bombing Area.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
7 Oct 1930: Officer Commanding, No 3 (Indian) Wing.
xx xxx xxxx: Supernumerary?
8 Apr 1934: Commandant, Electrical and Wireless School.
28 Apr 1937: SASO, No 4 (Bomber) Group.
16 May 1938: Retired.
16 Oct 1939: Recalled to service.
16 Oct 1939: Deputy Director, Directorate of Maintenance Design.
24 Apr 1940: Transferred to the Technical Branch
27 Dec 1941: Director of Technical Training
16 Aug 1944: Reverted to the Retired List
He changed his name from Horace G Dean to Horace Gordon-Dean by deed poll on 7 February 1919, although he appears to have been using it prior to this. He was married to Helen McNeill at St Ninian's in Hampstead on 17 June 1918.
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