Brigadier-General C H Whittington

Cecil Henry b: 1 Feb 1878 r: 1 Mar 1919 d: 10 Sep 1934

CMG - 1 Jan 1918, CBE - 1 Jan 1919.

(Army): - 2 Lt: 10 Apr 1916, (T) Lt Col: 21 Mar 1917, Lt: 10 Apr 1917, Capt: 20 Apr 1917, Capt: 20 Apr 1917, (T) Col: 31 Aug 1917.

(RAF): - (T) Brig-Gen [Lt Col]: 18 Feb 1918.

10 Apr 1916: Officer, RFC Special Reserve

11 Apr 1916: Appointed Flying Officer (Observer), RFC.

27 May 1916: Staff Lieutenant, Department of Director-General of Military Aeronautics.

14 Dec 1916: Equipment Officer 1st Class.

xx xxx xxxx: Deputy Assistant Director of ?

21 Mar 1917: Deputy Director of Aircraft Equipment

31 Aug 1917: ?

18 Feb 1918: Director of Aircraft Equipment.

Qualifying as a Solicitor in 1901, he joined the firm of Mather and Platt Ltd., (Engineers in London and Manchester), eventually becoming a Director, remaining as such until 1925. He was commissioned into the RFC in 1915 (as an Equipment Officer?). He later held positions with a number of firms, Independent Sprinklers Ltd (Chairman), Projectile and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Director) and Pulseometer Engineering Co Ltd (Director).

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