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Overseas Named Groups - Africa, Middle East & Mediterranean 

Formed 1 Jul 1916 to control all RFC units in Egypt, Salonika, Mesopotamia and East Africa.  Renamed HQ RFC Middle East, 5 Oct 1917.

 1 Jul 1916:               Brig-Gen W G H Salmond

Formed 5 Oct 1917 by renaming Middle East Brigade.  Raised to Divisional status, 14 Dec 1917.

 5 Oct 1917:              Brig-Gen W G H Salmond

 5 Nov 1917:             Brig-Gen W S Brancker

Formed 5 Oct 1917 to control all RFC operational units east of Suez for the forthcoming offensive against the Turks. 

 5 Oct 1917              Brig-Gen W G H Salmond (retained command of HQ RFC Middle East)

 5 Nov 1917             Brig-Gen W S Brancker (retained command of HQ RFC Middle East)

14 Dec 1917            Brig-Gen A E Borton

xx Nov 1918            Lt Col R Williams

xx Jan 1919

Formed 14 Dec 1917 to control all RFC training units west of Suez.

14 Dec 1917              Brig-Gen P L W Herbert

xx xxx 1919                ?

Formed 18 Mar 1920 by renaming Training Brigade. Disbanded xx Jan 1925

18 Mar 1920            ?

1 Jun 1920             A/Cdre O Swann

1 Jan 1922             A/Cdre B C H Drew

2 May 1924           A/Cdre R H Clark-Hall

Listings of units and personnel controlled by this Group available in the Member Areas

Formed 18 Apr 1939. Renamed No 202 Group, 21 Sep 1939.

18 Apr 1939                     A/Cdre R Collishaw

Palestine Group

Formed 18 Mar 1920. Reduced to Palestine Wing, 1 Apr 1922.

19 Mar 1920             Wg Cdr S Grant-Dalton

5 Nov 1920               Gp Capt U J D Bourke

Listings of units and personnel controlled by this Group available in the Member Areas

Formed 1 Apr 1918?. Renamed Mediterranean District, xx xxx 1919?.

Mediterranean District

Formed xx xxx 1919?. Renamed Mediterranean Group, 1 Apr 1920? .

2 Apr 1919               A/Cdre O Swann

Gibraltar Group

Formed 1 Apr 1918.  Disbanded xx xxx xxxx.

RAF Trans-Jordania

Formed 1 Apr 1922  to control RAF units operating in the mandated territories under the control of Palestine Command.  Renamed RAF Transjordan, xx xxx 1925.

1 Apr 1922                Gp Capt R Gordon

16 Apr 1923              Gp Capt N D K MacEwen

RAF Transjordan

Formed by renaming RAF Trans Jordania, xx xxx1925.  Absorbed into HQ Transjordan & Palestine 1 Oct 1926

xx xxx 1925             Gp Capt N D K MacEwen

6 May 1926 ?

HQ RAF Palestine & Transjordan

Reduced from Command status, 21 Feb 1928.  Raised to Command status to control the RAF element of British Forces in Palestine & Transjordan, 15 Sep 1936?.

15 Nov 1928            Gp Capt P H L Playfair

7 Sep 1929               AVM H C T Dowding

1 Dec 1929               A/Cdre P H L Playfair

20 Nov 1930             A/Cdre W R Freeman

30 Sep 1933              A/Cdre-AVM R E C Peirse (also AOC, British Forces in Palestine & Transjordan)

15 Sep 1936             A/Cdre R M Hill

10 Aug 1939             A/Cdre J H D'Albiac

General Reconnaissance Group 

Formed xx Sep 1939 at Gibraltar.  Renamed No 200 (General Reconnaissance) Group, 21 Sep 1939.

General Reconnaissance Group 

Formed 8 Sep 1939 at Alexandria.  Renamed No 201 (General Reconnaissance) Group, 18 Sep 1939.

Maintenance Group 

Formed 17 Jun 1941 in RAF Middle East. Renamed No 206 Group, 1 Sep 1941

xx xxx 1941                         Gp Capt C B Cooke

Formed xx xxx194? as a joint UK-Rhodesian training agreement. Disbanded xx xxx xxxx.  Reformed xx Jan 1946.  Disbanded xx Apr 1954.

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21 Mar 1940                   AVM C W Meredith

xx xxx xxxx                      A/Cdre J W B Grigson (Acting)

30 Oct 1946                    A/Cdre G G Banting

19 Feb 1949                    A/Cdre N S Allinson

 4 May 1951                    A/Cdre H H Brookes

16 Jan 1952/3                  A/Cdre G Bearne

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