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Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund
Hudleston
Edmund Cuthbert b: 30 Dec 1908 r: 5 Jun 1967 d: 14 Dec 1994
GCB - 1 Jan 1963 (KCB - 1 Jan 1958, CB - 1 Jan 1945), CBE - 2 Jun 1943, ADC, MiD - 8 May 1936, MiD - 1 Jan 1943, MiD - 8 Jun 1944, MiD – 1 Jan 1946, MiD - 13 Jun 1957, LoM (Cdr) - 15 Oct 1946 (LoM (O) - 26 Sep 1944), Cwn (Cdr) - 11 Jul 1947, CdeG (P) (B) - 11 Jul 947, ON(GO) - 18 Nov 1947, CdeG (P) - 15 Apr 1958, LoH, O - 15 Apr 1958.
Plt Off: 15 Dec 1928, Fg Off: 15 Jun 1930, Flt Lt: 1 Feb 1934, Sqn Ldr: 1 Dec 1937, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Jun 1940, (T) Gp Capt: 1 Sep 1942, Wg Cdr (WS): 28 Jan 1943, Act A/Cdre: 26 Sep 1943, Wg Cdr: 1 Dec 1943, Gp Capt (WS): 26 Mar 1944, Act AVM: 10 Nov 1944 - 19 Mar 1946, A/Cdre (WS): 10 Nov 1945, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1946, Act AVM: 5 May 1948, A/Cdre: 1 Jul 1948, AVM: 1 Jan 1952, Act AM: 1 Apr - 9 Aug 1953;16 Sep 1957, AM: 1 Jan 1958, ACM: 1 Mar 1961.
xx xxx 1927: Officer Cadet, 'B' Sqn, RAF College.
15 Dec 1928: Granted a Permanent Commission.
15 Dec 1928: Pilot, No 25 Sqn.
xx xxx xxxx: Attended QFI Course, CFS.
26 Apr 1930: QFI, RAF College - Cranwell
29 Feb 1932: Attended Air Armament School.
3 Mar 1933: Armament duties, No 1 Armament Practice Camp, Catfoss
24 Nov 1933: Armament Officer, No 1 (Indian Wing) Station, Kohat
20 Nov 1935: Armament Officer, No 2 (Indian Wing) Station, Risalpur
26 Oct 1936: Armament Officer, HQ No 1 (Indian) Group
24 Jan 1938: Attended RAF Staff College.
xx xxx 1939: Instructor, Air Staff College, Turkey
21 May 1941: Air Staff, HQ Middle East Command.
AOA, Desert Air Force.
26 Sep 1943: SASO, North African Tactical Air Force.
10 Nov 1944: AOC, No 84 (Composite) Group.
2 Apr 1946: Attended Imperial Defence College.
xx xxx 1948: Head of UK Military Delegation to Western Union Military Staff's Committee.
xx xxx 1950: AOC, No 1 Group ?
1 Apr 1951: Deputy Chief of Staff - Plans & Policy, HQ SHAPE.
1 Sep 1953: AOC, No 3 Group.
24 Feb 1956: RAF Instructor, Imperial Defence College.
xx xxx 1956 Chief of Staff (Air), C in C, Operation
'Musketeer'
16 Sep 1957: Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
30 Apr 1962: AOC in C, Transport Command.
18 Sep 1962 - 5 Jun 1967: Air ADC to The Queen.
1 Dec 1963: Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe.
xx xxx 1964:
Deputy C-in-C, Allied Forces Central Europe.
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| Sir Edmund Hudleston
(centre) at Fontainbleu
photo courtesy of Joe
Connelly |
Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Edmund Hudleston was educated at Guilford School, W.A. before coming to Britain to enrol as a Flight Cadet at the RAF College, Cranwell. Here he represented the College at Cricket and Squash and attained the rank of U/Off.
During 1956 he found his tour as an instructor at the Imperial Defence College interrupted when he was appointed to the staff of the C in C for Operation 'Musketeer' as Chief of Staff (Air). He first task being to establish the C in C's HQ in Cyprus.
Hudleston Trophy named after him. 1971 - 79 he was a Director of Pilkington Brothers (Optical Division).
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