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Air Vice-Marshal J A Stone

James Ambrose

b: xx xxx 1885                         r: 14 Sep 1945                                    d: xx xxx 1966

CBE – 1 Jan 1944, LoM (Off) – 27 Nov 1945

For a list of foreign decoration abbreviations, click here 

(Army): - (T) 2Lt (P): 17 Jul 1916, (T) Lt: xx xxx xxxx, (T) Capt: 1 Nov 1917.

(RAF): - (T) Capt [Lt]: 1 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919, Sqn Ldr: 1 Jan 1922, Wg Cdr: 1 Jul 1929, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1938, (T) A/Cdre: 11 Mar 1940, A/Cdre: 14 Apr 1942 [11 Mar 1940], Act AVM: 7 Jan 1944 – 14 Sep 1945, AVM: Retained.

xx xxx 1914:               Soldier, Middlesex Yeomanry.

17 Jul 1916:                Appointed to a Commission in the Army Ordnance Corps

 1 Jan 1917:                 Transferred to the General List

 1 Jan 1917:                 Equipment Officer 3^rd Class, RFC

28 Apr 1917:               Equipment Officer 2^nd Class, RFC

 1 Nov 1917:                Equipment Officer 1^st Class, RFC

 1 Aug 1919 :               Appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Captain (Technical Branch).

 5 Dec 1918:                Staff, No 1 Stores Depot.

17 Feb 1922:               Stores Staff Officer, HQ Inland Area.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Supernumerary?

24 Nov 1922:               Stores Staff Officer, HQ Iraq Command.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Supernumerary?

26 Mar 1925:               Stores Officer, Inland Area Aircraft Depot.

8 Mar 1929:                 Assistant Director, Directorate of Equipment

xx xxx xxxx:                  Assistant Director, Deputy Directorate of Stores

xx xxx xxxx:                  Supernumerary?

 8 Jan 1932:                 Senior Stores Officer, RAF Depot, Middle East.

xx xxx xxxx:                  Supernumerary?

31 May 1937:              Equipment Staff Officer, HQ Training Command.

16 May 1938:              Officer Commanding, ‘B’ Maintenance Unit.

22 Apr 1940:               AOC, No 42 Group.

20 Mar 1945:               Retired and re-employed.

Registered as a Temporary Boy – Copyist on 11 October 1900.  He was awarded a post as a Second Division Clerk in the Civil Service on 7 January 1905, being appointed to the Board of Education on 28 February 1907.

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