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Air
Commodore Sir Henry Smyth-Osbourne
Henry
Percy
b: 28 Jan 1879
r: 12 Nov 1924 d:
28 Mar 1969
Kt
- 1 Jan 1959, CMG - 3 Jun 1919,
CBE - 14 Jun 1945, MiD - 1 May 1918, DL (Devon) -
14 May 1930,
JP - 1929.
(RN):
- Mid’n: xx xxx 18xx,
Act Sub-Lt:
xx xxx xxxx,
Sub-Lt:
15 Jun 1899, Lt:
1 Oct 1901, Cdr:
30 Jun 1913, Wg Cdr: 11 Nov 1915,
Wg Capt:
30 Jun 1917.
(RAF):
- (T) Brig-Gen [Lt Col]: 1 Apr 1918, Col: 1 Jan 1919, Gp Capt: 1
Aug 1919 [1 Jan 1919], (H)
A/Cdre: 1 Aug 1919?, (H) A/Cdre:
Retained.
(RAFO - Class CC): Wg Cdr: 1 Sep 1941
xx
xxx xxxx:
Attended Britannia
Naval College.
xx
xxx xxxx:
Midshipman, HMS
Cordlia. (Americas/West Indies)
xx
xxx xxxx:
Sub-Lieutenant, HMS
Raleigh
xx
xxx xxxx:
Flag Lieutenant,
Channel Fleet
xx
xxx xxxx:
Flag Lieutenant,
China Station
xx
xxx xxxx:
Flag Lieutenant,
Cruiser Squadron
xx
xxx xxxx:
Flag Lieutenant,
Mediterranean Fleet
1 Aug 1912: Officer i/c RN Signal School
1915 Officer in command of Air Stations under C-in-C Nore
xx
xxx 1917:
Officer
Commanding, RNAS Manston.
1
Apr 1918:
GOC, 9th Brigade.
1
May 1919: Deputy Director of
Personnel.
1
Aug 1919: Officer
Commanding, No 10 Group.
1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Colonel
22
Jan 1920: Removed from the Navy Lists
on being awarded Permanent Commission in RAF
27
Jul 1921:
Chief
Equipment Officer, HQ Inland Area.
xx
xxx xxxx:
Air
Secretary to Secretary of State for Air. (Churchill)
xx
xxx 1938:
Regional Controller,
South West England and Wales, ADCC. (Ret'd)
1
Sep
1941:
Commandant, ATC HQ
for the South West. (Ret'd
xx xxx xxxx - 11 Mar 1957:
Honorary Air Commodore, No 3512 (County of Devon - Exeter) Fighter Control Unit,
RAuxAF
xx xxx xxxx - 11 Mar 1957:
Honorary Air Commodore, No 3513 (County of Devon - Plymouth) Fighter Control
Unit, RAuxAF
He retired due to ill health and was granted the honorary rank of Air Commodore. He was knighted for political and public services in Devon.
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