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Air
Commodore C E H Rathborne
Charles Edward Henry
b: 17 Feb 1886 r:
13 Oct 1935
d: 21 Dec 1943
CB
- 1 Jan 1935, DSO – xx xxx 1917, Bar - 16 Dec 1919.
(RMLI):
- 2 Lt:
1 Sep 1903, Lt: 1 Jul 1904,
Flt
Cdr: 1 Jul 1914, Capt: 1 Sep 1914, (T) Maj:
31 Dec 1914, Sqn Cdr: 31
Dec 1914, Wg
Cdr:
31 Dec 1916.
(RAF):
- (T) Lt Col [Maj]: 1
Apr 1918, Wg Cdr: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr
1918], Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1925, A/Cdre:
1 Jan 1931.
1 Sep 1903:
Officer, Royal Marine
Light Infantry
xx xxx xxxx: RM Officer, HMS Black Prince (Channel Fleet) (1908)
15
Aug 1912:
Flight Commander,
Felixstowe NAS.
17
Aug 1912:
Attended Central
Flying School.
15
Apr 1913:
31
Dec 1914:
Squadron Commander,
RNAS.
1915 Officer Commanding, RNAS Redcar
1915 Officer Commanding, ? Sqn, No 1 Wing, Dunkirk
2 Jul 1916: Supernumerary Captain, absorbed into establishment of RMLI
30
Jan 1917:
Officer
Commanding - Flying Operations, No 3 Wing RNAS.?
xx
Apr 1917:
Prisoner of War.
xx xxx 1918:
?,
France
18 Dec 1918:
xx
xxx xxxx:
Officer
Commanding, RAF Isle of Grain.
1 Aug 1919: Commission in the RMLI terminated
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel
1920
Officer Commanding - Flying, HMS Argus.
1
Apr 1920:
Air Staff, HQ
Coastal Area.
10
Sep 1923:
Commandant
(Designate), M.A.E.E.
24 Sep 1923: Commandant, M.A.E.E.
22
Sep 1925:
Officer Commanding,
RAF Basrah.
13
May 1927:
Supernumerary, RAF
Depot.
xx xxx - 10 Oct 1927: Placed on half pay
25
Oct 1927:
Officer
Commanding, RAF Upper Heyford.
22
Sep 1930:
Chief Staff Officer, HQ Inland
Area.
22 Jan 1932: AOC, RAF Mediterranean.
1 Mar 1932: Appointment confirmed as a Member of the Nominated Council of Malta.
1 - 13 Oct 1935: Placed on half pay list, scale A.
xx
xxx 1936:
Deputy Commandant,
Southern Area, Observer Corps.
xx
xxx 1943:
London Industrial
Alarm Controller (Central and East London Area)
He was a graduate of the first course held at the CFS in April 1913. Flying back to Felixstowe in Maurice Farman, '115' on 22 July 1914, he was compelled by engine problems to alight off Worthing. Unfortunately the aircraft overturned on landing and was wrecked and he and Telegraphist Striling had to be rescued by boat. On 16 May 1915, he attacked a U-boat five miles off Middelkerke, dropping two 20lb bombs without effect.
Having been promoted to Lt Colonel he was awarded the DSO for a bombing
attack against Freiburg on 14 April 1917. Unfortunately
he was shot down during this mission and captured. However in July 1918, he managed to escape from the camp at
Holzminden and returned to the British lines, for which he was awarded a Bar to
his DSO.
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