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Air Commodore A D Warrington-Morris

Alfred Drummond b: 18 Dec 1883 r: 3 Jul 1933 d: 24 Mar 1962

CB - 1 Jan 1943, CMG - 3 Jun 1919, OBE - 7 Jun1918, MiD - 11 Jul 1940.

(RN): - Mid’n: xx xxx 1899, Act Sub-Lt: xx xxx xxxx, Sub-Lt: 18 Dec 1902, Lt: 18 Dec 1904, Lt Cdr: 18 Dec 1912, Act Cdr: xx xxx xxxx, Cdr: 30 Jun 1917.

(RAF): - Lt Col: 1 Apr 1918, Wg Cdr: 1 Aug 1919, Gp Capt: 1 Jan 1922, A/Cdre: 1 Jan 1929.

xx xxx 1899: Midshipman, Royal Navy.

xx xxx xxxx: Officer, HMS Vernon

1 Aug 1914: Torpedo Officer, HMS Swiftsure (Flag Ship, East Indies Station)

xx xxx 1916: Wireless Officer?, RNAS.

1 Apr 1918: Staff Officer 1st Class, Equipment - Wireless Telegraphy.

xx May 1919:

1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Lieutenant Colonel (gazetted 22 Aug 1919)

1 Aug 1919: Deputy Director of Instruments (acting for a period).

22 Jan 1920: Removed from the Navy Lists on being awarded Permanent Commission in RAF

1 Aug 1921: Commandant, Electrical and Wireless School.

1 Jan 1925: SESO?, HQ Iraq Command.

1 Mar 1927: RAF Representative, Ordnance Committee, Woolwich.

17 Sep 1928: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.

30 Nov 1928: Air Commodore i/c, Signals Branch.

xx xxx 1934: Assistant Commandant, Observer Corps. (Ret'd)

xx xxx 1935: Commandant, South Area, Observer Corps. (Ret'd)

1 Mar 1936 - 24 Jun 1942: Commandant, Observer Corps. (Ret'd)

26 Dec 1942: Appointed to Commission in Class CC, Admin and Special Duties Branch of the RAFO

26 Dec 1942 - 8 Nov 1944: Deputy Director of the Air Training Corps.

Played Rugby for England in 1909 and Hockey for the RAF in 1919. Retired at his own request.

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