Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Major-General
F C Heath-Caldwell
Frederick
Crofton
b: 21 Feb 1858
r: 22 Feb 1919
d: 18 Sep 1945
CB
- 24 Jun 1910,
JP (Cheshire).
(Army):
-
(T) Lt:
25 Jan 1877, Lt:
14 May 1878 [25 Jan 1877], Capt: 25 Jan 1888, (B)
Maj: 26 Jan 1888, Maj: 12 Aug 1895,
(B) Lt Col: 29 Nov 1900, Lt Col: 1 Apr 1903, (B) Col:
8 Jan 1905, Col:
14 Jul 1906, (T)
Brig-Gen: 1 Oct 1908-31 Mar 1913;
15 Aug 1913,
Maj-Gen: 11 Jul 1914.
(RAF):
- Maj-Gen:
1 Apr 1918,
25 Jan 1877: Officer, Royal Engineers.
xx
xxx 1887: Attended Army Staff College.
12 Jul 1894: Brigade-Major/Secretary of the School of Military Engineering.
1 Jul 1899: Special Service, South Africa
29 Nov 1899:
Deputy Assistant
Adjutant-General, South Africa.
14
Feb
1900: Staff Officer
(graded as Assistant Adjutant-General), Inspector-General of Communications.
7 May 1900:
Assistant
Adjutant-General, South Africa.
13
Aug 1900: OC
Troops and Commandant, Hoopstad
30
Dec 1901: Officer
Commanding, Mobile
Column.
6 Aug 1902:
14 Jul 1906: Assistant Adjutant-General for RE, HQ Army
1 Oct 1908: Inspector of Royal Engineers
1 Apr 1913: Placed on half pay list
15
Aug 1913: Officer Commanding
Coast Defences , Scottish Command.
10 Oct 1914:
1
Dec 1914:
Director of Military Training.
26
Mar
1916:
GOC, Portsmouth Garrison.
1
Apr 1918:
GOC, No 1 Area
8
May 1918:
GOC, South-Eastern Area RAF.
1 Feb 1919: Relinquished command of South-Eastern Area.
22 Feb 1919: Retired from the Army.
21 Feb 1925: Ceased to belong to the Reserve of Officers on attaining the age limit for liability.
The
son of Admiral Sir Leopald Heath, he assumed the extra name of Caldwell
following the death of his great aunt 1n 1913, under the conditions of the will of his
great uncle, James Stamford Caldwell. He
was never officially transferred to the general list of the RAF but with it's formation and the need for officers of his rank
to command the newly created Area HQ's, he was appointed GOC, South Eastern Area
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This page was last updated on 18/08/19
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