RAF Middle East

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Sir Edward Ellington	23 Feb 1922	Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Gp Capt	Peregrine F M Fellowes	1 Jan 1922	Air Staff Duties, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Cecil Fraser	15 Sep 1917	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Wg Cdr	Claude C S Gould	9 Mar 1921	Technical Staff Duties
Wg Cdr	Thomas G Hetherington	6 Jan 1922	Technical Staff Duties (Engines), CBE
Sqn Ldr	Norman F D Buckeridge	19 Nov 1920	Stores Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Arthur C Wright	23 Mar 1921	Air Staff Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Edward J C Roberts	24 Jun 1921	Inspector of Transport
Sqn Ldr	Frederick E Sandford	22 Oct 1921	Technical (Advisory) Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr	Charles W Nutting	25 Sep 1919	Air Staff Duties (Communications), OBE, DSC; later AVM
Act Sqn Ldr (Fg Off)	Herbert G Jones	1 Apr 1918	Personnel Staff Duties (Base Pay Office)
Flt Lt	Albert E Gendle	4 Mar 1920	Meteorological Duties, OBE
Flt Lt	Francis E Hellyer	1 May 1919	Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt	Cyril Porri	29 Nov 1921	Technical (Photos) Duties
Flt Lt	Forster H M Maynard		Training Duties, AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Norman H Bottomley	8 Feb 1921	Air Staff Duties, AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Andrew R Mackenzie	10 May 1922	Technical (Armament) Duties
Flt Lt	Archibald G Weir	17 Nov 1920	Supernumerary (Meteorological Duties)
Flt Lt	Arnold S Thompson	22 Nov 1921	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Maurice Moore	4 May 1921	Supernumerary (Personnel Staff Duties)
Fg Off	Edric W Broadberry	23 Mar 1922	Supernumerary (Camp Commandant), MC
Fg Off	Robert P M Whitham	10 Nov 1920	Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Fg Off	Cyril B Godfrey	29 Nov 1921	Air Staff Duties
Fg Off	Christopher W H Moller	23 Mar 1921	Air Staff Duties (PT)
Fg Off	John R D Goadsby	25 Jun 1920	Technical Staff Duties (Wireless)
Stores Officers
Sqn Ldr	Cuthbert L Archbold	14 Feb 1921	Stores Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Edwin M Cashmore	1 Dec 1921	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	George Oliver	22 Nov 1921	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Francis C P Roberts	31 Mar 1922	Duty with No 2 Armoured Car Company
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr	Harry M S Turner	26 May 1919	Principal Medical Officer, MBE, DTM
Sqn Ldr	Percival M Keene	23 Mar 1921	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, DPH
Sqn Ldr	Thomas S Rippon	7 Jan 1922	Medical Officer, OBE
Flt Lt	James Kyle	9 Sep 1921	Medical Officer
Dental
Flt Lt	John Wren	15 Nov 1919	Dental Officer
Chaplains
Rev (Sqn Ldr)	Percy C C Lamb	19 Feb 1920

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Sir Edward Ellington	23 Feb 1922	Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CMG, CBE; later MRAF
Wg Cdr	Cecil Fraser	15 Sep 1917	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Wg Cdr	Claude C S Gould	9 Mar 1921	Technical Staff Duties
Wg Cdr	John E A Baldwin	1 Jun 1922	Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr	Thomas G Hetherington	6 Jan 1922	Technical Staff Duties (Engines), CBE
Sqn Ldr	Norman F D Buckeridge	19 Nov 1920	Stores Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Arthur C Wright	23 Mar 1921	Air Staff Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Edward J C Roberts	24 Jun 1921	Inspector of Transport
Sqn Ldr	Frederick E Sandford	22 Oct 1921	Technical (Advisory) Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr	Charles W Nutting	25 Sep 1919	Air Staff Duties (Communications), OBE, DSC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Herbert A Michell	30 Nov 1922	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Francis E Hellyer	1 May 1919	Personnel Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt	Cyril Porri	29 Nov 1921	Technical (Photos) Duties
Flt Lt	Robert D Oxland	14 Jan 1923	Meteorological Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt	Forster H M Maynard	1 Dec 1921	Training Duties, AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Arthur T Williams	9 Apr 1923	Personal Assistant to AOC
Flt Lt	Andrew R Mackenzie	10 May 1922	Technical (Armament) Duties
Flt Lt	Charles K Chandler	27 Jan 1923	Air Staff Duties (Communications), MBE
Flt Lt	James W Hosking	10 May 1923	Supernumerary, MBE
Flt Lt	Arnold S Thompson	22 Nov 1921	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Robert P M Whitham	10 Nov 1920	Air Staff Duties, MC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Lance H Browning	10 May 1923	Meteorological Duties, MC, DFC
Flt Lt	Edric W Broadberry	23 Mar 1922	Supernumerary (Camp Commandant), MC
Fg Off	Ruthven M C Macfarlane	1 Dec 1922	Air Staff Duties (Intelligence and Codes)
Fg Off	Cyril B Godfrey	29 Nov 1921	Air Staff Duties
Fg Off	Christopher W H Moller	23 Mar 1921	Air Staff Duties (PT)
Fg Off	Arthur J Brister	21 Apr 1923	Signals Duties
Fg Off	John R D Goadsby	25 Jun 1920	Air Staff Duties (Signals)
Stores Officers
Sqn Ldr	Cuthbert L Archbold	14 Feb 1921	Stores Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Edwin M Cashmore	1 Dec 1921	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	George Oliver	22 Nov 1921	Stores Staff Duties
Accountant
Sqn Ldr	Charles P Ogden	12 Mar 1923	Supernumerary, MBE
Medical Administration
Wg Cdr	Harry M S Turner	26 May 1919	Principal Medical Officer, MBE, DTM
Sqn Ldr	Percival M Keene	23 Mar 1921	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, DPH
Flt Lt	James Kyle	9 Sep 1921	Medical Officer
Dental
Flt Lt	John Wren	15 Nov 1919	Dental Officer
Chaplains
Rev (Sqn Ldr)	Percy C C Lamb	19 Feb 1920
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	C J Price		Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC
Mr	C M Johns		Accounts Officer

Address

Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

Aircraft Depot - Aboukir
- Stores Depot - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
- Meteorological Station - Abu Sueir
Engine Repair Depot - Abbassia (Cairo)
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ismailia
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron Squadron - Helwan
Aden Flight - Aden
- Meteorological Station - Aden
- Detachment - Somaliland

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Sir Oliver Swann	27 Nov 1923	Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CBE
A/Cdre	Robert H Clark-Hall	17 Dec 1924	Chief Staff Officer, CMG, DSO; later AM
Wg Cdr	John E A Baldwin	1 Jun 1922	Air Staff (Training) Duties, DSO, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr	Archibald Corbett-Wilson	10 Mar 1924	Technical Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Alfred J Currie	1 Jan 1925	Technical Staff (MT) Duties
Sqn Ldr	Rey G Parry	28 Nov 1923	Technical (Advisory) Duties, DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Keith R Park	6 Sep 1923	Air Staff (Operations) Duties, MC, DFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr	Francis P Don	11 Apr 1924	Technical Staff (Engines) Duties; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Arthur Coningham	1 Mar 1925	Air Staff (Signals) Duties, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr	Vincent Greenwood	24 Apr 1924	Air Staff (Signals) Duties
Flt Lt	Henry Cockerill	27 Nov 1923	Technical Staff (Armament) Duties, OBE
Flt Lt	Reginald J Sauceau	15 Feb 1924	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Reginald A Courtney	23 Dec 1923	Air Staff Duties (Signals), MBE
Flt Lt	Richard W Dawes	20 Nov 1924	Training Technical Staff (Movements) Duties
Flt Lt	Arnold S Thompson	22 Nov 1921	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Samuel M Kinkead	28 Mar 1925	Air Staff (PT) Duties, DSO, DSC, DFC
Flt Lt	Lance H Browning	10 May 1923	Meteorological Duties, MC, DFC
Flt Lt	Francis H E Reeve	16 Jun 1924	Supernumerary, Camp Commandant; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Sydney L G Pope	27 Dec 1924	Air Staff Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Ruthven M C Macfarlane	1 Dec 1922	Air Staff Duties (Intelligence and Codes)
Flt Lt	Arthur C Bayley	28 Dec 1923	Air Staff Duties (Training)
Flt Lt	Edward P M Davis	15 May 1925	Personal Assistant to AOC
Fg Off	George S Taylor	1 Jan 1925	Meteorological Duties
Fg Off	Gilbert Lambourne	17 Dec 1924	Air Staff (Photographic) Duties
Fg Off	Arthur J Brister	21 Apr 1923	Signals Duties
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr	Rudell W Thomas	14 Feb 1921	Stores Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Frederick A Baldwin	17 Dec 1924	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	George Oliver	22 Nov 1921	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Claud A Longhurst	1 Jan 1925	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Albert E F McCreary	19 Jan 1925	Stores Staff Duties
Accountant Branch
Sqn Ldr	Thomas H Evans	6 Dec 1924	HQ Accountant Officer
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	Harry M S Turner	26 May 1919	Principal Medical Officer, MBE, DTM&H, FRS(E)
Sqn Ldr	Reginald H Knowles	16 Jan 1925	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MD, DPH
Sqn Ldr	John T T Forbes	6 Apr 1925	Senior Medical Officer of Flying Stations and President HQ Medical Board
Flt Lt	James Kyle	9 Sep 1921	Medical Officer
Chaplains
Rev	James R Walkey	28 Oct 1924
Rev	Charles W Hall	7 Jan 1925
Education Officers
Lt Col	Edward G Greenfield	17 Mar 1923	Grade II (acting Grade I), BA
Lt	Arthur G Boycott	11 Jul 1924	Grade III (acting Grade II), MA
Supernumerary - For Disposal
Sqn Ldr	Geoffrey H Hall	14 Oct 1923	AFC
Medical Branch
Fg Off	Andrew Harvey	5 Jun 1925	MD
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	C J Galpin	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East and Palestine, DSO
Mr	E Bartholomew	Assistant to Chief Auditor (Local Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Palestine)
Mr	C M Johns	Accounts Officer (Middle East)
Mr	F W Filbee	Accounts Officer (acting) (Middle East and Palestine)

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
- Meteorological Station - Abu Sueir
Engine Repair Depot - Abbassia (Cairo)
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ismailia
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron Squadron - Helwan
Aden Flight - Aden
- Meteorological Station - Aden
- Detachment - Somaliland

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Sir Oliver Swann	27 Nov 1923	Air Officer Commanding, KCB, CBE
Wg Cdr	John E A Baldwin	1 Jun 1922	Air Staff (Training) Duties, DSO, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr	Archibald Corbett-Wilson	10 Mar 1924	Technical Staff Duties
Wg Cdr	Thomas W Mulcahy-Morgan	22 Sep 1925	Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Sqn Ldr	Rey G Parry	28 Nov 1923	Technical (Advisory) Duties, DSO; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Keith R Park	6 Sep 1923	Air Staff (Operations) Duties, MC, DFC; later ACM
Flt Lt	Reginald J Sauceau	15 Feb 1924	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Benjamin J Silly		Personnel Staff Duties, MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Cresswell Turner	14 Feb 1926	Technical Staff Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Samuel M Kinkead	28 Mar 1925	Supernumerary (Special duty in connection with the Cape Flight), DSO, DSC, DFC
Flt Lt	Sydney L G Pope	27 Dec 1924	Air Staff (Training) Duties, DFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Douglas L Blackford	17 Oct 1925	Air Staff (Operations) Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Edward P M Davis	15 May 1925	Personal Assistant to AOC
Flt Lt	Lambert Earley-Wilmot	9 Jan 1926	Armament Duties
Fg Off	Gilbert Lambourne	17 Dec 1924	Air Staff (Photographic) Duties
Fg Off	Arthur J Brister	21 Apr 1923	Signals Duties
Fg Off	Edward E Arnold	24 Feb 1926	Air Staff (Operations) Duties, DFC
Fg Off	John S Phillips	15 Feb 1926	Camp Commandant
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr	Vere J B Jacobs	13 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	William J king	17 Oct 1925	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	John F McCarthy	10 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Albert E F McCreary	19 Jan 1925	Stores Staff Duties
Accountant Branch
Sqn Ldr	Thomas H Evans	6 Dec 1924	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	Ivor L Wincer	1 Oct 1925	Accountant Duties; later A/Cdre
Fg Off	John J T Rose	1 Mar 1926	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	Cyril W Price	5 Jan 1926	Accountant Duties
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	Harry M S Turner	26 May 1919	Principal Medical Officer, MBE, DTM&H, FRS(E)
Sqn Ldr	Reginald H Knowles	16 Jan 1925	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MD, DPH
Sqn Ldr	Harry A Hewat	7 Dec 1925	Senior Medical Officer of Flying Stations and President HQ Medical Board
Sqn Ldr	Duncan McLaren	5 Sep 1925	Medical Officer
Dental
Flt Lt	Michael J O'Reilly	22 Sep 1925
Chaplains
Rev	James R Walkey	28 Oct 1924
Rev	Charles W Hall	7 Jan 1925
Legal Officer
Flt Lt	Donald L Ingpen	20 Nov 1925	Deputy Judge Advocate General
Education Officers
Lt Col	Edward G Greenfield	17 Mar 1923	Grade II (acting Grade I), BA
Lt	Arthur G Boycott	11 Jul 1924	Grade III (acting Grade II), MA - detached for duty a tHeliopolis and Helwan
Supernumerary - For Disposal
Sqn Ldr	Geoffrey H Hall	14 Oct 1923	AFC
Accountant Branch
Fg Off	Sidney C George	4 Jun 1926
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	G T Jones	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East and Palestine, DSO (acting)
Mr	S Crowther	Assistant to Chief Auditor (Local Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Palestine) (acting)

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
- Meteorological Station - Abu Sueir
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Moascar, Ismailia
No 45 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron - Helwan
- Detached Flight - Khartoum
No 8 (Bombing) Sqn - Aden
- Meteorological Station - Aden
- Detachment - Somaliland

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

RAF in Palestine and Transjordan

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Tom I Webb-Bowen	5 Nov 1926	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG
A/Cdre	Charles R Samson	19 Jun 1926	Chief Staff Officer, CMG, DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr	John E A Baldwin	1 Jun 1922	Air Staff (Training) Duties, DSO, OBE; later AM
Wg Cdr	Thomas W Mulcahy-Morgan	22 Sep 1925	Personnel Staff Duties, MC
Wg Cdr	Roderic M Hill	30 Nov 1926	Technical Staff Duties, MC, AFC; later ACM
Sqn Ldr	Albert H Stradling	8 Oct 1926	Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Reginald J Sauceau	15 Feb 1924	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Cresswell Turner	14 Feb 1926	Technical Staff (Engines) Duties, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Edward P M Davis	15 May 1925	Camp Commandant, AFC, AM
Flt Lt	Lambert Earley-Wilmot	9 Jan 1926	Armament Duties
Flt Lt	Douglas Colyer	10 Jan 1927	Technical Staff Duties; later AM
Flt Lt	Denys Gilley	30 Mar 1927	Air Staff (Training) Duties,
Flt Lt	George M Lawson	20 Nov 1926	Air Staff Duties; MC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Noel P Dixon	8 Oct 1926	Air Staff (Operations) Duties;
Flt Lt	John R Cassidy	7 Mar 1927	Signals Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt	William A Duncan	2 Jan 1927	Signals Duties
Flt Lt	George S Taylor	28 Jan 1927	Personnel Staff Duties
Fg Off	Gilbert Lambourne	17 Dec 1924	Air Staff (Photographic) Duties
Fg Off	Harold J Gearing	19 Apr 1927	Supernumerary Technical Staff Duties
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr	Walter J B Curtis	14 Jan 1927	Stores Staff Duties, OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Vere J B Jacobs	13 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Reginald D G Macrostie	2 Jan 1927	Stores Staff Duties, MBE
Fg Off	John F McCarthy	10 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	William T Lewis	31 Dec 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Albert E F McCreary	19 Jan 1925	Stores Staff Duties
Accountant Branch
Sqn Ldr	Thomas H Evans	6 Dec 1924	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	Charles H Moore	25 Oct 1926	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	Frederick J S Short	22 Mar 1927	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	Robert C Clayton	22 Jan 1927	Supernumerary
Fg Off	Arthur E West	20 Apr 1927	Accountant Duties
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	James MacGregor	16 Jan 1925	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, MD
Sqn Ldr	Raymond W Ryan	15 Nov 1926	Senior Medical Officer of Flying Stations and President HQ Medical Board
Dental
Flt Lt	Michael J O'Reilly	22 Sep 1925
Chaplains
Rev	William T Rees	21 Sep 1926	BD
Rev	Charles W Hall	7 Jan 1925
Legal Officer
Flt Lt	Donald L Ingpen	20 Nov 1925	Deputy Judge Advocate General
Education Officers
Capt	Sidney Brew		Grade II (acting Grade I), BA
Lt	Arthur G Boycott	11 Jul 1924	Grade III (acting Grade II), MA - detached for duty at Heliopolis and Helwan
Supernumerary - For Disposal
Flt Lt	Douglas L Blackford	14 Apr 1927	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	Arthur J Brister	1 Dec 1926
Medical Branch
Sqn Ldr	Arthur J Brown	4 Mar 1927
Dental
Flt Lt	Thomas K Place	21 Sep 1926
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	G T Jones	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East and Palestine, DSO (acting)
Mr	S Crowther	Assistant to Chief Auditor (Local Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Palestine) (acting)

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
- Meteorological Station - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron - Khartoum
Wireless Station - Ismailia

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

RAF in Transjordan and Palestine

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Tom I Webb-Bowen	5 Nov 1926	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG
A/Cdre	Andrew G Board	27 Sep 1927	Chief Staff Officer, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Richard E C Pierse	1 Jun 1922	Air Staff (Training) Duties, DSO, AFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr	Sidney Smith	4 Nov 1927	Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr	George R M Reid	8 Sep 1927	Supernumerary for duty in Khartoum, DSO, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr	John Sowrey	14 Oct 1927	Technical Staff Duties,
Sqn Ldr	Alfred S Morris	9 Jun 1927	Technical Staff Duties, OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Albert H Stradling	8 Oct 1926	Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Reginald J Sauceau	15 Feb 1924	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Denys Gilley	30 Mar 1927	Air Staff (Training) Duties,
Flt Lt	George M Lawson	20 Nov 1926	Air Staff Duties; MC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	John R Cassidy	7 Mar 1927	Signals Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt	William A Duncan	2 Jan 1927	Signals Duties
Flt Lt	Lambert Earley-Wilmot	9 Jan 1926	Armament Duties
Flt Lt	Horace G P Ovenden	5 Apr 1928	Supernumerary Signals (Cypher) Duties
Flt Lt	George S Taylor	28 Jan 1927	Personnel Staff Duties
Fg Off	Gilbert Lambourne	17 Dec 1924	Air Staff (Photographic) Duties
Fg Off	Harold J Gearing	19 Apr 1927	Supernumerary Technical Staff Duties
Fg Off	John W Woodin	10 May 1928	Personal Assistant to AOC
Fg Off	John W Busteed	3 Jan 1928	Camp Commandant
Stores Branch
Sqn Ldr	Vere J B Jacobs	13 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	William R P Allen	28 Mar 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Patrick P Connaughton	18 Nov 1927	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Robert Craig	5 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Thomas H Jolley	6 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	William T Lewis	31 Dec 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Accountant Branch
Sqn Ldr	Thomas H Evans	6 Dec 1924	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	James M Adams	26 Mar 1928	Accountant Duties
Flt Lt	Robert C Clayton	22 Jan 1927	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	Desmond F A Clarke	29 Mar 1928	Accountant Duties
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	James MacGregor	16 Jan 1925	Principal Medical Officer, MC, MD
Sqn Ldr	Arthur J Brown	21 Mar 1927	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, DSO
Dental
Flt Lt	Peter P Hogan
Legal Officer
Sqn Ldr	Edward St C Harnett	16 Sep 1927	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Education Officers
Capt	Sidney Brew	15 Jun 1927	Grade II (acting Grade I), BA
Supernumerary - For Disposal
Medical Branch
Sqn Ldr	Richard J Aherne	9 Mar 1928	MC
Flt Lt	Philip D Barling	9 May 1928	MD
Dental
Flt Lt	Stephen A McCormack	15 Oct 1927
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	G T Jones	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East and HQ Transjordan and Palestine, DSO
Mr	S Crowther	Assistant to Chief Auditor
Inspection of Explosives (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands)
Capt	J C Doyle	Assistant Inspector, AID

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bombing) Squadron - Helwan
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron - Khartoum
Wireless Station - Ismailia

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

RAF in Transjordan and Palestine

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Tom I Webb-Bowen	5 Nov 1926	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG
A/Cdre	Andrew G Board	27 Sep 1927	Chief Staff Officer, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Richard E C Pierse	1 Jun 1922	Air Staff (Training) Duties, DSO, AFC; later ACM
Wg Cdr	Sidney Smith	4 Nov 1927	Personnel Staff Duties, DSO, AFC
Wg Cdr	George R M Reid	8 Sep 1927	Supernumerary for duty in Khartoum, DSO, MC; later AVM
Wg Cdr	Frederick H Unwin	19 Apr 1929	Engineer Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr	Alfred S Morris	9 Jun 1927	Engineer Staff Duties, OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	John K Waugh	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff Duties , DSC
Sqn Ldr	Frederick W Walker	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties, DSC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Arthur Rowan	14 Dec 1928	Air Staff Duties,
Flt Lt	John R Cassidy	7 Mar 1927	Signals Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt	Albert O Lewis-Roberts	20 Jan 1929	Air Staff Duties, DFC
Flt Lt	William A Duncan	2 Jan 1927	Signals Duties
Flt Lt	Alan P Ritchie	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties - Khartoum; AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Horace G P Ovenden	5 Apr 1928	Supernumerary Signals (Cypher) Duties
Flt Lt	Eric R C Hobson	1 Aug 1928	Personnel Staff Duties, DFC
Flt Lt	Reginald W Hill	28 Sep 1928	Photographic Duties
Flt Lt	Charles F Sealy	28 Feb 1928	Air Staff (Armament) Duties
Flt Lt	Robert A Seaton	11 Jan 1929	Supernumerary - Engineer Staff Duties
Fg Off	John W Woodin	10 May 1928	Personal Assistant to AOC
Stores Branch
Wg Cdr	Lawrence Auker	3 Aug 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Vere J B Jacobs	13 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	William R P Allen	28 Mar 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Patrick P Connaughton	18 Nov 1927	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Robert Craig	5 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Thomas H Jolley	6 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Albert J Adams	20 Mar 1929	Stores (Camp Commandant) Duties
Fg Off	William T Lewis	31 Dec 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Harold D Giblett	27 May 1929	Supernumerary - Stores Staff Duties (Nigerian Flight 1929)
Accountant Branch
Wg Cdr	Herbert J Down		Command Accountant, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	James M Adams	26 Mar 1928	Accountant Duties
Flt Lt	Edward V Humphrey	1 Jan 1929	Accountant Duties
Flt Lt	Robert C Clayton	22 Jan 1927	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	John P Cave	2 Nov 1928	Accountant Duties, later A/Cdre
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	James MacGregor	16 Jan 1925	Principal Medical Officer, MC, MD
Sqn Ldr	Arthur J Brown	21 Mar 1927	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, DSO
Flt Lt	Reginald H Stanbridge	15 Nov 1928
Legal Officer
Sqn Ldr	Edward St C Harnett	16 Sep 1927	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Education Officers
Capt	Sidney Brew	15 Jun 1927	Grade II (acting Grade I), BA
Works and Buildings Directorate
Mr	A Gilpin		Chief Engineer
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	W F Connelly	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East
Mr	S Crowther	Assistant to Chief Auditor
Inspection of Explosives (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands)
Flt Lt	S Symonds	Assistant Inspector, AID, RAFO

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bombing) Squadron - Helwan
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ismailia
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron - Khartoum
Wireless Station - Ismailia

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

RAF in Transjordan and Palestine

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Francis R Scarlett	12 Oct 1929	Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO
A/Cdre	Andrew G Board	27 Sep 1927	Chief Staff Officer, CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Willian S Douglas	16 Aug 1929	Air Staff Duties, Khartoum, MC, DFC; later MRAF
Wg Cdr	Arthur T Harris	3 Jan 1930	Air Staff (Training) Duties, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
Wg Cdr	Phillip Babington	30 Aug 1929	Personnel Staff Duties, MC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr	Frederick H Unwin	19 Apr 1929	Engineer Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr	Alfred S Morris	9 Jun 1927	Engineer Staff Duties, OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	John K Waugh	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff Duties , DSC
Sqn Ldr	Frederick W Walker	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties, DSC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Arthur Rowan	14 Dec 1928	Air Staff Duties,
Flt Lt	Victor H Tait	7 Mar 1927	Signals Duties; later AVM
Flt Lt	Albert O Lewis-Roberts	20 Jan 1929	Air Staff Duties, DFC
Flt Lt	Kenneth E Ward	5 Dec 1929	Personnel Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Robert St H Clarke	27 Mar 1930	Air Staff (Armament) Duties
Flt Lt	Alan P Ritchie	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties - Khartoum; AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Gerald P H Carter	14 Apr 1930	Air Staff (Signals) Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Dudley L Evans	3 Jan 1930	Engineer Staff Duties, MC, DFC
Flt Lt	Reginald W Hill	28 Sep 1928	Photographic Duties
Flt Lt	Robert A Seaton	11 Jan 1929	Supernumerary - Engineer Staff Duties
Fg Off	Geoffrey H W Selby-Lowndes	12 Oct 1929	Personal Assistant to AOC
Stores Branch
Wg Cdr	Lawrence Auker	3 Aug 1928	Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr	Vere J B Jacobs	13 Feb 1926	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Arthur E Sutton-Jones	13 Sep 1929	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Patrick P Connaughton	18 Nov 1927	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Thomas H Jolley	6 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Albert J Adams	20 Mar 1929	Stores (Camp Commandant) Duties
Fg Off	Cedric M P Hartley	29 Mar 1930	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Harold D Giblett	27 May 1929	Supernumerary - Stores Staff Duties (Nigerian Flight 1929)
Accountant Branch
Wg Cdr	Herbert J Down	11 Jan 1929	Command Accountant, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	James M Adams	26 Mar 1928	Accountant Duties
Flt Lt	Robert C Clayton	22 Jan 1927	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	Stanley W Hill	1 Mar 1930	Accountant Duties,
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	Arthur S Glynn	14 Apr 1930	Principal Medical Officer, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr	Arthur J Brown	21 Mar 1927	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, DSO, MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt	Gwyn H J Williams	3 Jan 1930	MRCS, LRCP
Legal Officer
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt)	George S Marshall	9 Aug 1929	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Education Officers
Capt	Sidney Brew	15 Jun 1927	Grade II (acting Grade I), BA
Works and Buildings Directorate
Mr	S Dexter		Chief Engineer
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	W F Connelly	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Mr	P Cohen	Assistant to Chief Auditor, MBE
Inspection of Explosives (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands)
Flt Lt	J Adam	Inspector in Charge, RAFO
Mr	C F Burden	Assistant Explosives Examiner

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bombing) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bombing) Squadron - Helwan
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ismailia
No 47 (Bombing) Squadron - Khartoum
Wireless Station - Ismailia

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

RAF in Transjordan and Palestine

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Francis R Scarlett	12 Oct 1929	Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO
A/Cdre	Robert P Ross	23 Jan 1931	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Willian S Douglas	16 Aug 1929	Air Staff Duties, Khartoum, MC, DFC; later MRAF
Wg Cdr	Arthur T Harris	3 Jan 1930	Air Staff (Training) Duties, OBE, AFC; later MRAF
Wg Cdr	Phillip Babington	30 Aug 1929	Personnel Staff Duties, MC, AFC; later AM
Wg Cdr	Frederick H Unwin	19 Apr 1929	Engineer Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr	Frederick W Walker	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties, DSC, AFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Victor R Gibbs	19 Apr 1931	Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Victor H Tait	7 Mar 1927	Air Staff (Signals) Duties; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Arthur Rowan	14 Dec 1928	Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Albert O Lewis-Roberts	20 Jan 1929	Engineer Staff Duties, DFC
Flt Lt	Robert St H Clarke	27 Mar 1930	Air Staff (Armament) Duties
Flt Lt	John J Lloyd-Williams	2Mar 1931	Air Staff Duties, MC
Flt Lt	Alan P Ritchie	29 Jan 1929	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties - Khartoum; AFC; later AVM
Flt Lt	Richard Grice	10 Mar 1931	Personnel Staff Duties, DFC, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Dudley L Evans	3 Jan 1930	Engineer Staff Duties, MC, DFC
Flt Lt	Gerald P H Carter	14 Apr 1930	Air Staff (Signals) Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Reginald W Hill	28 Sep 1928	Photographic Duties
Flt Lt	Bandon, The Earl of	26 Dec 1930	Personal Assistant to AOC, later ACM
Stores Branch
Wg Cdr	Lawrence Auker	3 Aug 1928	Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr	Arthur Garrity	12 Mar 1931	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Thomas H Jolley	6 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Albert J Adams	20 Mar 1929	Stores (Camp Commandant) Duties
Flt Lt	Harold D Giblett	27 May 1929	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Francis D D Gaussen	16 May 1931	Stores Staff (Commissariat) Duties
Fg Off	Maurice J Scott	3 Sep 1930	Stores (Engineer) Staff Duties
Accountant Branch
Wg Cdr	Herbert J Down	11 Jan 1929	Command Accountant, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Robert C Clayton	22 Jan 1927	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	Stanley W Hill	1 Mar 1930	Accountant Duties,
Fg Off	Thomas P E Campbell	27 Jan 1931	Accountant Duties
Fg Off	John P Cave	27 Apr 1931	Accountant Duties; later A/Cdre
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	Arthur S Glynn	14 Apr 1930	Principal Medical Officer, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr	Richard J Aherne	19 Apr 1931	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, LRCP & S
Flt Lt	Gwyn H J Williams	3 Jan 1930	MRCS, LRCP
Legal Officer
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt)	George S Marshall	9 Aug 1929	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Educational Service
Mr	David E Williams		Grade II (acting Grade I), MBE, MA
Works and Buildings Directorate
Mr	S Dexter		Chief Engineer
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	W F Connelly	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Mr	F Noxon	Assistant to Chief Auditor
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands) - Inspection of Civil Aircraft (RAF Heliopolis)
Mr	J Adam	Inspector in Charge, AFRAeS
Mr	H C Myers	Assistant Inspector
Mr	W H Yoxall	Chief Examiner
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands) - Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Mr	H G Wright	Inspector of Explosives
Mr	C W Mitchell	Explosives Examiner

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Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
- No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
- No 216 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis
  - Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Ismailia
Wireless Station - Ismailia
Meteorological Station - Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

RAF Transjordan and Palestine

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Cyril L N Newall	26 Sep 1931	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, CBE, AM; later MRAF
A/Cdre	Robert P Ross	23 Jan 1931	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, AFC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	James B Graham	12 Dec 1931	Personnel Staff Duties, MC, AFC
Wg Cdr	Kenneth C Buss	4 Mar 1932	Engineer Staff Duties, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Ralph T Leather	19 Mar 1932	Air Staff Duties, AFC
Wg Cdr	Arthur Coningham	17 Feb 1932	Air Staff Duties, Khartoum, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr	Claud W Mackey	4 Feb 1932	Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Joseph H Green	13 Jun 1931	Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Edgar H Hooper	3 Jun 1932	Personnel Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Victor R Gibbs	19 Apr 1931	Air Staff Duties
Sqn Ldr	Victor H Tait	7 Mar 1927	Air Staff (Signals) Duties; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Albert O Lewis-Roberts	20 Jan 1929	Engineer Staff Duties, DFC
Sqn Ldr	Guy Y Tyrrell	4 Mar 1932	Air Staff (Photographic) Duties, MC
Sqn Ldr	Robert St H Clarke	27 Mar 1930	Air Staff (Armament) Duties
Flt Lt	Richard Grice	10 Mar 1931	Personnel Staff Duties, DFC, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Dudley L Evans	3 Jan 1930	Engineer Staff Duties, MC, DFC
Flt Lt	Charles E Barraclough	23 May 1931	Air Staff Duties,
Flt Lt	Edmund H Searle	8 Jan 1932	Air Staff (Intelligence) Duties - Khartoum
Flt Lt	Gerald P H Carter	14 Apr 1930	Air Staff (Signals) Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Alan P Bett	1 Oct 1931	Personal Assistant to AOC, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Cecil H Noble	27 May 1931	Air Staff Duties
Stores Branch
Wg Cdr	Lawrence Auker	3 Aug 1928	Stores Staff Duties, OBE
Sqn Ldr	Arthur Garrity	12 Mar 1931	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Thomas H Jolley	6 Jan 1928	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Valentine B Ranford	1 Dec 1931	Stores Staff Duties
Flt Lt	Harold D Giblett	27 May 1929	Stores Staff Duties
Fg Off	Thomas I Illiff	4 Jul 1931	Stores Staff (Camp Commandant) Duties
Fg Off	Arthur W Rule	26 Sep 1931	Stores Staff (Commissariat) Duties
Fg Off	Maurice J Scott	3 Sep 1930	Stores (Engineer) Staff Duties
Accountant Branch
Wg Cdr	Herbert J Down	11 Jan 1929	Command Accountant, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Frederick C Chalmers	8 Jan 1932
Flt Lt	Stanley W Hill	1 Mar 1930
Fg Off	Thomas P E Campbell	27 Jan 1931
Fg Off	John P Cave	27 Apr 1931	later A/Cdre
Medical Branch
Wg Cdr	Arthur S Glynn	14 Apr 1930	Principal Medical Officer, MB, ChB
Sqn Ldr	Richard J Aherne	19 Apr 1931	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, LRCP & S
Flt Lt	Charles J S O'Malley	4 Mar 1932	MRCS, LRCP
Legal Officer
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt)	George S Marshall	9 Aug 1929	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Educational Service
Capt	Brian A Smith	28 Nov 1931	Grade I, MA
Works and Buildings Staff
Mr	S Dexter		Chief Engineer
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr	Arthur T Harris	4 Apr 1932	OBE, AFC; later MRAF
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	W F Connelly	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Mr	F Noxon	Assistant to Chief Auditor
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands) - Inspection of Civil Aircraft (RAF Heliopolis)
Mr	J Adam	Inspector in Charge, AFRAeS
Mr	H C Myers	Assistant Inspector
Mr	W H Yoxall	Chief Examiner
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Commands) - Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Mr	H G Wright	Inspector of Explosives
Mr	C W Mitchell	Explosives Examiner

Address

Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
- No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
- No 216 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis
  - Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan
Wireless Station - Ismailia
Meteorological Station - Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

Palestine and Transjordan Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Cyril L N Newall	26 Sep 1931	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, CBE, AM; later MRAF
Personal Appointment
Fg Off	Henry Eeles	1 Oct 1932	Personal Assistant to AOC, later A/Cdre
Air Staff
A/Cdre	Geoffrey R Bromet	23 Jan 1931	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr	Ralph T Leather	19 Mar 1932	AFC
Wg Cdr	Arthur Coningham	17 Feb 1932	Khartoum, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr	Horace G Bowen	28 Feb 1933	MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Victor R Gibbs	19 Apr 1931
Sqn Ldr	Maurice Moore	30 Apr 1933	OBE
Flt Lt	Sidney E Storrar	27 Jan 1933	later AVM
Flt Lt	Edmund H Searle	8 Jan 1932	Khartoum
Flt Lt	Cecil H Noble	27 May 1931
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr	James B Graham	12 Dec 1931	Personnel Staff Duties, MC, AFC
Sqn Ldr	Edgar H Hooper	3 Jun 1932	Personnel Staff Duties
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr	Ephraim W Havers	1 Oct 1932	Senior Equipment Staff Officer, Stores Branch; later AVM
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr	Kenneth C Buss	4 Mar 1932	OBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Albert O Lewis-Roberts	20 Jan 1929	DFC
Flt Lt	Herbert Little	17 Jan 1933
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr	Arthur Garrity	12 Mar 1931
Flt Lt	Thomas H Jolley	6 Jan 1928
Flt Lt	Valentine B Ranford	1 Dec 1931
Flt Lt	John H P Clarke	1 Oct 1932
Flt Lt	Maurice J Scott	3 Sep 1930
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Robert St H Clarke	27 Mar 1930
Photography
Sqn Ldr	Guy Y Tyrrell	4 Mar 1932	MC
Legal
Sqn Ldr	George S Marshall	9 Aug 1929	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Services
Maintenance
Gp Capt	John T Cull	18 Dec 1931	OC, RAF Depot, Middle East
Signals
Sqn Ldr	Sylvester L Quine	26 Aug 1932	MC
Flt Lt	Graham N Coward	20 Oct 1932
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Herbert J Down	11 Jan 1929	Command Accountant, later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Frederick C Chalmers	8 Jan 1932
Flt Lt	Stanley W Hill	1 Mar 1930
Fg Off	Thomas P E Campbell	27 Jan 1931
Fg Off	John P Cave	27 Apr 1931	later A/Cdre
Medical
Gp Capt	William Tyrrell	13 Oct 1932	Principal Medical Officer, DSO, MC, MB, ChB, DPH
Sqn Ldr	James Kyle	2 Oct 1932	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt	Frank OL White	13 Jan 1933	MRCS, LRCP
Educational
Capt	Brian A Smith	28 Nov 1931	Grade I, MA
Works
Mr	E Holloway		Chief Engineer, OBE, MIM & Cty E
Meteorological
Mr	J Durward		Superintendent, MA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Fg Off	Cecil J Noble	24 Jul 1932	Camp Commandant
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	W F Connelly	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command)
Inspection of Civil Aircraft (Mediterranean and Near East Division) (RAF Heliopolis)
Mr	K Robertson	Inspector in Charge, AFRAeS, ARSM, AIMM
Mr	H C Myers	Assistant Inspector
Mr	W H Yoxall	Chief Examiner
Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Flt Lt	S Symonds	Inspector of Explosives, RAFO
Mr	C W Mitchell	Explosives Examiner
Warrant Officers
WO I	James O Annan	8 Apr 1930
WO I	Leonard Mitchell	22 Feb 1931
WO I	George Filmer	15 Feb 1933
WO I	Sydney R Goldthorpe	5 Jan 1932
WO II	Albert E Barlow	15 Feb 1933
WO II	Sidney C Upshell	12 Jul 1931
WO II	John G Boyd	10 Mr 1932

Address

Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan
SHQ Ismailia
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Squadron (HQ & 2 Flights) - Ismailia
Wireless Station - Ismailia
Meteorological Station - Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

Palestine and Transjordan Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Cyril L N Newall	26 Sep 1931	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CMG, CBE, AM; later MRAF
Personal Appointment
Fg Off	Rodney L Wilkinson	9 Jan 1934	Personal Assistant to AOC,
Air Staff
A/Cdre	Geoffrey R Bromet	23 Jan 1931	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr	Ralph T Leather	19 Mar 1932	AFC
Wg Cdr	Arthur Coningham	17 Feb 1932	Khartoum, DSO, MC, DFC; later AM
Sqn Ldr	Horace G Bowen	28 Feb 1933	MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Maurice Moore	30 Apr 1933	OBE
Flt Lt	Sidney E Storrar	27 Jan 1933	later AVM
Flt Lt	Noel V Moreton	10 Jan 1934
Flt Lt	Cecil H Noble	27 May 1931
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr	Harold M Probyn	13 Feb 1934	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, DSO; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Edgar H Hooper	3 Jun 1932
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr	Kenneth C Buss	4 Mar 1932	Senior Equipment Staff Officer, OBE; later A/Cdre
Engineer Section
Sqn Ldr	Gilbert F Smylie	8 Mar 1934	DSC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Herbert Little	17 Jan 1933
Stores Section
Wg Cdr	Thomas Fawdry	10 Jan 1934	MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Thomas G Bowler	22 Apr 1934	later AVM
Flt Lt	Valentine B Ranford	1 Dec 1931	later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	John H P Clarke	1 Oct 1932
Flt Lt	Maurice J Scott	3 Sep 1930
Flt Lt	Arthur W Rule	28 Jan 1934
Flt Lt	Frank G Lee	16 Apr 1934
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Robert St H Clarke	27 Mar 1930
Navigation
Flt Lt	John H McN Campbell	10 Oct 1933
Photography
Sqn Ldr	Guy Y Tyrrell	4 Mar 1932	MC
Legal
Sqn Ldr	George S Marshall	9 Aug 1929	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Services
Maintenance
Gp Capt	Ivor G V Fowler	18 Sep 1933	OC, RAF Depot, Middle East, AFC
Signals
Sqn Ldr	Sylvester L Quine	26 Aug 1932	Chief Signals Officer, MC
Flt Lt	Graham N Coward	20 Oct 1932
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	Frederick C Chalmers	8 Jan 1932
Flt Lt	Geoffrey W Lynn	30 Nov 1933
Fg Off	Denis A K Yiend	8 Mar 1934
Fg Off	John P Cave	27 Apr 1931	later A/Cdre
Medical
Gp Capt	William Tyrrell	13 Oct 1932	Principal Medical Officer, DSO, MC, MB, ChB, DPH
Sqn Ldr	James Kyle	2 Oct 1932	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt	Frank OL White	13 Jan 1933	MRCS, LRCP
Educational
Capt	Brian A Smith	28 Nov 1931	Grade I, MA
Works
Mr	E Holloway		Chief Engineer, OBE, MIM & Cty E
Meteorological
Mr	J Durward		Superintendent, MA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	A D Donald	Acting Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Civil Aircraft (Mediterranean and Near East Division) (RAF Heliopolis)
Mr	R G Green	Inspector in Charge
Mr	H C Myers	Assistant Inspector
Mr	D L Brown	Chief Examiner
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Flt Lt	S Symonds	Inspector of Explosives, RAFO
Mr	G W Borley	Explosives Examiner
British Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Flt Lt	R F Durrant
Supernumerary
Flt Lt	Richard L R Atcherley	25 Jul 1933	later AM
Warrant Officers
WO I	James O Annan	8 Apr 1930	Air Staff
WO I	William C Ray	22 Nov 1930	Personnel Staff
WO I	George Filmer	15 Feb 1933	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	Sydney R Goldthorpe	5 Jan 1932	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	Edward H Robbins	5 Jan 1932	for disposal
WO II	Walter F Hunt	2 Dec 1933	Accountant
WO II	Sidney C Upshell	12 Jul 1931	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO II	Alfred C Annan	26 Apr 1934	Discipline

Address

Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan
SHQ Ismailia
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Squadron (HQ & 2 Flights) - Ismailia**
Wireless Station - Ismailia
Meteorological Station - Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

Palestine and Transjordan Command

** Under AOC Palestine and Transjordan for operations

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Cuthbert T Maclean	21 Sep 1934	Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO, MC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off	Frank M Denny	10 Oct 1934	Personal Assistant to AOC,
Air Staff
A/Cdre	Geoffrey R Bromet	23 Jan 1931	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr	Ralph T Leather	19 Mar 1932	AFC
Sqn Ldr	Charles B S Spackman	2 Mar 1935	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	John W Jones	1 Nov 1934	later ACM
Sqn Ldr	Sidney E Storrar	27 Jan 1933	later AVM
Flt Lt	Noel V Moreton	10 Jan 1934
Flt Lt	Eric R C Hobson	29 Jun 1934
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr	Horace G Bowen	28 Feb 1933	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Edgar H Hooper	3 Jun 1932
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr	Thomas Fawdry	10 Jan 1934	Senior Equipment Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr	Harold M Probyn	13 Feb 1934	DSO; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Gilbert F Smylie	8 Mar 1934	DSC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Herbert Little	17 Jan 1933
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr	Thomas G Bowler	22 Apr 1934	later AVM
Flt Lt	Edward C Farman	1 Feb 1935	later AVM
Flt Lt	John H P Clarke	1 Oct 1932
Flt Lt	Arthur W Rule	28 Jan 1934
Fg Off	Derek F Syder	23 Oct 1934
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Edward R Openshaw	1 Feb 1935
Navigation
Flt Lt	John H McN Campbell	10 Oct 1933
Photography
Sqn Ldr	Guy Y Tyrrell	4 Mar 1932	MC
Legal
Sqn Ldr	William I Grantham	29 Sep 1934	Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Services
Signals
Wg Cdr	George R A Deacon	3 Dec 1934	Chief Signals Officer, MC
Flt Lt	Kenneth C McKenzie	13 May 1935	MBE
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	Geoffrey W Lynn	30 Nov 1933
Flt Lt	William E V Richards	9 Dec 1934	later A/Cdre
Medical
Gp Capt	Frank C Cowtan	8 Apr 1935	Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Sqn Ldr	James Kyle	2 Oct 1932	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt	Philip H Perkins	1 Oct 1934	MRCS, LRCP
Educational
Capt	Brian A Smith	28 Nov 1931	Grade I, MA
Works
Capt	H T Humfrees		Acting Chief Engineer, OBE
Meteorological
Mr	J Durward		Superintendent, MA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	A D Donald	Acting Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Flt Lt	A D McDowall	Inspector of Explosives, RAFO
British Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Flt Lt	R F Durrant	AFC
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr	John J Breen	22 Feb 1935	OBE; later AM
Flt Lt	Valentine B J Jackson	29 Jun 1934
Warrant Officers
WO I	James O Annan	8 Apr 1930	Air Staff, MBE
WO I	William C Ray	22 Nov 1930	Personnel Staff
WO I	George Filmer	15 Feb 1933	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	George A Gough	20 Apr 1935	Accountant
WO I	George E Chainey		for disposal
WO II	Walter F Hunt	2 Dec 1933	Accountant

Address

Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan
SHQ Ismailia
No 6 (Army Co-operation) Squadron (HQ & 2 Flights) - Ismailia**
Wireless Station - Ismailia
Meteorological Station - Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

Palestine and Transjordan Command

** Under AOC Palestine and Transjordan for operations

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Cuthbert T Maclean	21 Sep 1934	Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO, MC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off	Frank M Denny	10 Oct 1934	Personal Assistant to AOC,
Air Staff
A/Cdre	Andre A Walser	4 Jan 1936	Senior Air Staff Officer, MC, DFC; later A/Cdre
Gp Capt	Kenneth C Buss	27 Sep 1935	OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Francis J Vincent	27 Sep 1935	DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	George M Lawson	25 Apr 1936	MC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Charles B S Spackman	2 Mar 1935	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	John W Jones	1 Nov 1934	later ACM
Sqn Ldr	Charlton Hallawell	25 Sep 1935	later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Eric R C Hobson	29 Jun 1934
Sqn Ldr	Geoffrey R C Spencer	17 Sep 1935	later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Noel V Moreton	10 Jan 1934
Flt Lt	John N T Stephenson	27 Sep 1935	later AVM
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr	Horace G Bowen	28 Feb 1933	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Edgar H Hooper	3 Jun 1932
Sqn Ldr	W Sanderson	17 Nov 1935	AFC
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr	Thomas Fawdry	10 Jan 1934	Senior Equipment Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr	Harold M Probyn	13 Feb 1934	DSO; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Gilbert F Smylie	8 Mar 1934	DSC; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	Herbert Little	17 Jan 1933
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr	Thomas E Drowley	12 Dec 1935	OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Edward C Farman	1 Feb 1935	later AVM
Flt Lt	John H P Clarke	1 Oct 1932
Flt Lt	D A W Sugden	1 Sep 1935
Flt Lt	J W Mitchell	18 May 1936
Flt Lt	Arthur W Rule	28 Jan 1934
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Edward R Openshaw	1 Feb 1935	AFC
Legal
Col	H S Barrett		Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE, TD
Sqn Ldr	William I Grantham	29 Sep 1934	Assistant to Deputy Judge Advocate General, OBE
Services
Signals
Sqn Ldr	Sylvester L Quine	28 Oct 1935	Chief Signals Officer, MC
Flt Lt	Kenneth C McKenzie	13 May 1935	MBE
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Sqn Ldr	William E V Richards	9 Dec 1934	later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	C W Price	4 Jan 1936
Flt Lt	W M Lyons	1 Feb 1936
Fg Off	Geoffrey L Seabrook	8 Apr 1936	later AVM
Medical
Gp Capt	Frank C Cowtan	8 Apr 1935	Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr	W F Wilson	20 Sep 1935	Deputy Principal Medical Officer, MC, MB, BCh
Sqn Ldr	Philip H Perkins	1 Oct 1934	MRCS, LRCP
Dental
Flt Lt	J E Tyrrell	31 Mar 1936	LDS
Chaplain
Rev	J H P Still	1 Dec 1935	MA
Rev	F G B Sutherland	1Nov 1935
Rev	M K MacLeod	25 Oct 1935	PhD, MA, FSA
Rev	R N Shapley	10 Mar 1936	MC, AKC
Educational
Mr	I B Hart	2 Sep 1935	Grade I, OBE, BSc, PhD
Works
Capt	H T Humfrees		Acting Chief Engineer, OBE
Meteorological
Mr	J Durward		Superintendent, MA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Gp Capt	Wilfred A McClaughry	18 Oct 1935	Whilst Commanding at Mersa Matruh, DSO, MC, DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Frank Woolley	9 Apr 1936	Intelligence Duties; later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	C S Ellison	1 Apr 1936	For duty at Mersa Matruh
Local Audit - Middle East and Palestine Commands (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	A D Donald	Acting Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Flt Lt	A D McDowall	Inspector of Explosives, RAFO
British Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Flt Lt	R F Durrant	AFC
Civilian Assistants
Flt Lt	M Ballard	RAFO
Flt Lt	W B E Powell	RAFO
Fg Off	L O Atkins	later RAF
Attached to HQ Sudan Defence Force, Khartoum
Wg Cdr	John J Breen	22 Feb 1935	OBE; later AM
Flt Lt	Valentine B J Jackson	29 Jun 1934
Warrant Officers
WO I	James O Annan	8 Apr 1930	Air Staff, MBE
WO I	A S Thompson	4 Mar 1936	Personnel Staff
WO I	George Filmer	15 Feb 1933	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	G B Lewis	27 Dec 1935	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	W H M Kimpton	1 May 1936	Accountant
WO I	W Shaw		for disposal
WO I	H Meacham		for disposal
WO I	S E Catt		for disposal
WO I	E S Oliver		for disposal
WO II	Walter F Hunt	2 Dec 1933	Accountant
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr	G J Hanly	24 Oct 1935	Medical Branch, MB, ChB, FRCS(E)
Sqn Ldr	E Thompson	25 Oct 1935	Medical Branch, MRCS, LRCP, FRCS(E)
Sqn Ldr	R R Greenlaw	17 Oct 1935	MBE
Flt Lt	W P Griffin	6 Jan 1936	Medical Branch, MB, BCh
Flt Lt	D H Marsack	8 Oct 1935
Flt Lt	A R C Young	25 Oct 1935	Medical Branch, MRCS, LRCP

Address

Controlled

Villa Victoria, Cairo

Directly Administered Units: -

RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir
- Meteorological Station - Aboukir
- Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria
No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir
SHQ Heliopolis
No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis
No 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron - Heliopolis
- Meteorological Station - Heliopolis
No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan
SHQ Ismailia
No 33 (Bomber) Squadron - Ismailia (temporarily detached from Bomber Command)
Inter-Command Wireless Station - Ismailia
Meteorological Station - Ismailia
No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum
No 223 (Bomber) Squadron - Nairobi

The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: -

Palestine and Transjordan Command

** Under AOC Palestine and Transjordan for operations

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Cuthbert T Maclean	21 Sep 1934	Air Officer Commanding, CB, DSO, MC
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt	R J Clare-Hunt	8 Feb 1937	Personal Assistant to AOC,
Air Staff
A/Cdre	Andre A Walser	4 Jan 1936	Senior Air Staff Officer, MC, DFC
Wg Cdr	George M Lawson	25 Apr 1936	MC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Charles B S Spackman	2 Mar 1935	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	A H Flower	1 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	Geoffrey R C Spencer	17 Sep 1935	later AVM
Sqn Ldr	A H Willetts	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	H W Pearson-Rogers	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	Thomas C Dickens	21 Apr 1937	later A/Cdre
Personnel Staff
Wg Cdr	Horace G Bowen	28 Feb 1933	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	J S Harrison	30 Mar 1937
Equipment Staff
Wg Cdr	Thomas Fawdry	10 Jan 1934	Senior Equipment Staff Officer, MBE; later A/Cdre
Engineer Section
Wg Cdr	Gilbert F Smylie	8 Mar 1934	DSC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	C H Tighe	8 Dec 1936
Flt Lt	Herbert L Messiter	30 Mar 1937	later A/Cdre
Stores Section
Sqn Ldr	Thomas E Drowley	12 Dec 1935	OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Edward C Farman	1 Feb 1935	later AVM
Flt Lt	John H P Clarke	1 Oct 1932
Flt Lt	D A W Sugden	1 Sep 1935
Flt Lt	J W Mitchell	18 May 1936
Flt Lt	C B Horsfield	22 Jan 1937
Attached to the Staff
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Frederick G S Mitchell	1 Feb 1937	later AVM
Navigation
Flt Lt	E R M Walker	19 Dec 1936
Photography
Sqn Ldr	G H Russell	13 Nov 1936	DFC
Legal
Sqn Ldr	J B Walmsley	6 Feb 1937	Deputy Judge Advocate General, DFC
Services
Signals
Sqn Ldr	B A Malet	21 May 1937	Chief Signals Officer, DFC
Flt Lt	Kenneth C McKenzie	13 May 1935	MBE
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	R G D Thomas	2 Jun 1936
Flt Lt	Robert W L Glenn	25 Apr 1937	later AVM
Medical
Gp Capt	Frank C Cowtan	8 Apr 1935	Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr	F J Murphy	12 Oct 1936	Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Hygiene), MB, BCh, DPH
Flt Lt	L S Everett	17 Dec 1936	MRCS, LRCP
Dental
Flt Lt	F F Kennedy	13 Nov 1936	LDS
Chaplain
Rev	J H P Still	1 Dec 1935	MA
Rev	F G B Sutherland	1Nov 1935
Rev	M K MacLeod	25 Oct 1935	PhD, MA, FSA
Rev	R N Shapley	10 Mar 1936	MC, AKC
Works
Maj	J C A Doherty		Acting Chief Engineer, OBE
Meteorological
Mr	R P Batty		Senior Technical Officer (Acting), BA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Fg Off	E M T Howell	16 Nov 1936	Camp Commandant
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	A J Camm	Acting Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Flt Lt	A L Macmillan	Inspector of Explosives, RAFO
Flt Lt	M Ballard	Administrative Duties, RAFO
Flt Lt	W B E Powell	Administrative Duties, RAFO
Attached to HQ Sudan Defence Force, Khartoum
Wg Cdr	John J Breen	22 Feb 1935	OBE; later AM
Sqn Ldr	J D'A Keary	19 Aug 1936
Warrant Officers
WO I	A S Thompson	4 Mar 1936	Personnel Staff
WO I	George Filmer	15 Feb 1933	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	G B Lewis	27 Dec 1935	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	F J Stubberfield		for disposal
WO I	C E Buddin		for disposal, MBE
WO II	A Callander	21 May 1936	Air Staff
Supernumerary
Sqn Ldr	E P Mackay	26 Apr 1937
Flt Lt	E A Biddle	14 Aug 1936	Accountant Branch

Address	Controlled
Villa Victoria, Cairo	Stations
	Aboukir Abu Sueir Amman Heliopolis Helwan Ismailia	Khartoum Ma'an Nairobi Ramleh Sarafand
	Directly Administered Units: - RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir Meteorological Station - Aboukir Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir SHQ Heliopolis No 113 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis No 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron - Heliopolis Meteorological Station - Heliopolis No 45 (Bombing) Squadron - Helwan No 211 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan SHQ Ismailia No 33 (Fighter) Squadron - Ismailia No 80 (Fighter) Squadron Inter-Command Wireless Station - Ismailia Meteorological Station - Ismailia No 47 (Bombing) Squadron - Khartoum No 223 (Bomber) Squadron - Nairobi The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: - Palestine and Transjordan Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Hazelton R Nicholl	10 Mar 1938	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CBE
A/Cdre	Andre A Walser	13 Dec 1937	Air Officer i/c Administration, MC, DFC
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt	G L Cruickshanks	28 Apr 1938	Personal Assistant to AOC,
Air Staff
Gp Capt	Roy M Drummond	20 Nov 1937	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr	George M Lawson	25 Apr 1936	MC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Charles B S Spackman	2 Mar 1935	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	A H Willetts	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	H W Pearson-Rogers	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	R W K Stevens	1 Jul 1937
Administrative Staff
Wg Cdr	C E H James	29 Mar 1938	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Sqn Ldr	D O Mulholland	6 Oct 1937	Organisation Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr	J S Harrison	30 Mar 1937	Personnel Staff
Sqn Ldr	G R Montgomery	26 Jul 1937	Organisation Duties
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Frederick G S Mitchell	1 Feb 1937	later AVM
Engineer
Wg Cdr	Gilbert F Smylie	8 Mar 1934	DSC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	W G Campbell	30 Apr 1938
Sqn Ldr	Herbert L Messiter	30 Mar 1937	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	A J Nicholas	29 Mar 1938	Commissioned Engineer Officer
Navigation
Flt Lt	E R M Walker	19 Dec 1936
Photography
Sqn Ldr	G H Russell	13 Nov 1936	DFC
Signals
Sqn Ldr	B A Malet	21 May 1937	Chief Signals Officer, DFC
Fg Off	H H Laurie	23 Oct 1937	Commissioned Signals Officer
Equipment
Wg Cdr	Thomas E Drowley	12 Dec 1935	OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Edward C Farman	1 Feb 1935	later AVM
Sqn Ldr	H B S Ballantyne	3 Jun 1938
Flt Lt	C J Nobbs	2 Feb 1938	later A/Cdre
Flt Lt	A W Rule	20 Mar 1938
Flt Lt	B S Cartmel	1 Dec 1937
Flt Lt	E R Berry	20 Nov 1937
Fg Off	W R Ford	30 Nov 1937
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Flt Lt	C V Mears	8 Dec 1937
Flt Lt	Robert W L Glenn	25 Apr 1937	later AVM
Medical
Gp Capt	Frank C Cowtan	8 Apr 1935	Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr	F J Murphy	12 Oct 1936	Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Hygiene), MB, BCh, DPH
Flt Lt	L S Everett	17 Dec 1936	MRCS, LRCP
Chaplain
Rev	H Thomas	11 Sep 1937
Legal
Sqn Ldr	J B Walmsley	6 Feb 1937	Deputy Judge Advocate General, DFC
Educational
Mr	J B Newman	25 Aug 1937	Command Education Officer, MBE, MA
Works
Maj	J C A Doherty		Acting Chief Engineer, OBE
Meteorological
Mr	R P Batty		Senior Technical Officer (Acting), BA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr	W B J Humphrey		Camp Commandant
Flt Lt	E C G Badcock		Administrative duties, later RAF
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	A J Camm	Acting Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Flt Lt	A L Macmillan	Inspector of Explosives, RAFO
Mr	K G Ticehurst	Assistant Inspector
Flt Lt	M Ballard	Administrative Duties, RAFO
Flt Lt	W B E Powell	Administrative Duties, RAFO
Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Mr	S G Newport
Attached to HQ Sudan Defence Force, Khartoum
Wg Cdr	Somerled D Macdonald	20 Oct 1937	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	J D'A Keary	19 Aug 1936
Warrant Officers
WO I	C E Buddin	26 Mar 1937	for disposal, MBE
WO I	G E Chainey	16 Mar 1938	Air Staff
WO I	W B Webber	13 Nov 1937	Personnel Staff
WO I	R Gordon	18 Nov 1937	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO I	F M Weiss		for disposal, MBE
WO I	B J Skinner		for disposal
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr	E P Mackay	26 Apr 1937
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off)	Geoffrey L Seabrook	9 Feb 1938	later AVM
Fg Off	R L Scott	3 Jun 1938	Medical Branch, MB, ChB

Address	Controlled
Villa Victoria, Cairo	Stations
	Aboukir Abu Sueir Amman Heliopolis Helwan Ismailia	Khartoum Ma'an Nairobi Ramleh Sarafand
	Directly Administered Units: - RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir Meteorological Station - Aboukir Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir SHQ Heliopolis Communications Flight - Heliopolis No 113 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis No 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron - Heliopolis Meteorological Station - Heliopolis No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Helwan No 211 (Bomber) Squadron (1 Flight) - Helwan SHQ Ismailia No 33 (Fighter) Squadron - Ismailia No 80 (Fighter) Squadron Inter-Command Wireless Station - Ismailia Meteorological Station - Ismailia No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum No 223 (Bomber) Squadron - Nairobi The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: - Palestine and Transjordan Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Hazelton R Nicholl	10 Mar 1938	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CBE
A/Cdre	Andre A Walser	13 Dec 1937	Air Officer i/c Administration, MC, DFC
Personal Appointment
Flt Lt	G L Cruickshanks	28 Apr 1938	Personal Assistant to AOC,
Air Staff
Gp Capt	Roy M Drummond	20 Nov 1937	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr	George M Lawson	25 Apr 1936	MC; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr	Charles B S Spackman	2 Mar 1935	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	A H Willetts	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	H W Pearson-Rogers	11 Jan 1937
Flt Lt	John N Tomes	7 Oct 1938	later A/Cdre
Administrative Staff
Wg Cdr	C E H James	29 Mar 1938	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Sqn Ldr	D O Mulholland	6 Oct 1937	Organisation Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr	Charles S Moore	31 Oct 1938	Personnel Staff; later AVM
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Frederick G S Mitchell	1 Feb 1937	later AVM
Engineer
Wg Cdr	A J Warwick	10 Oct 1938
Sqn Ldr	W G Campbell	30 Apr 1938
Sqn Ldr	Herbert L Messiter	30 Mar 1937	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	A J Nicholas	29 Mar 1938	Commissioned Engineer Officer
Navigation
Flt Lt	Arthur F Johnson	11 Nov 1938	later A/Cdre
Photography
Sqn Ldr	G H Russell	13 Nov 1936	DFC
Signals
Sqn Ldr	H F G Sutherland	29 Sep 1938	Chief Signals Officer
Fg Off	H H Laurie	23 Oct 1937	Commissioned Signals Officer
Fg Off	W E Dunn	13 Jun 1938	Commissioned Signals Officer
Equipment
Wg Cdr	Thomas E Drowley	12 Dec 1935	OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	Edward C Farman	1 Feb 1935	later AVM
Sqn Ldr	H B S Ballantyne	3 Jun 1938
Sqn Ldr	C J Nobbs	2 Feb 1938	later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Harold D Jackman	1 Nov 1938	later AM
Flt Lt	D G McDiarmid	11 Nov 1938
Flt Lt	A W Rule	20 Mar 1938
Flt Lt	E R Berry	20 Nov 1937
Fg Off	W R Ford	30 Nov 1937
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Sqn Ldr	Robert W L Glenn	25 Apr 1937	later AVM
Flt Lt	C V Mears	8 Dec 1937
Medical
Gp Capt	Frank C Cowtan	8 Apr 1935	Principal Medical Officer, MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr	F J Murphy	12 Oct 1936	Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Hygiene), MB, BCh, DPH
Flt Lt	L S Everett	17 Dec 1936	MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt	F L Whitehead	1 Jun 1938	MD, CM
Fg Off	R M Hewat	11 Nov 1938	MRCS, LRCP
Chaplain
Rev	H Thomas	11 Sep 1937
Rev	O R I Jones	23 Aug 1938	BA
Legal
Sqn Ldr	J B Walmsley	6 Feb 1937	Deputy Judge Advocate General, DFC
Educational
Mr	J B Newman	25 Aug 1937	Command Education Officer, MBE, MA
Capt	S Barraclough	8 Sep 1938	Grade II, MBE
Works
Maj	J C A Doherty		Acting Chief Engineer, OBE
Meteorological
Mr	R P Batty		Senior Technical Officer (Acting), BA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr	W B J Humphrey		Camp Commandant
Flt Lt	E C G Badcock		Administrative duties, late RAF
Flt Lt	M Ballard	Administrative Duties, RAFO
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	C W Evans	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Mr	C F Burden	Assistant Inspector, AID
Mr	K G Ticehurst	Assistant Inspector, AID
Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Mr	S G Newport
Attached to HQ Sudan Defence Force, Khartoum
Wg Cdr	Somerled D Macdonald	20 Oct 1937	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	J D'A Keary	19 Aug 1936
Warrant Officers
WO	C E Buddin	26 Mar 1937	for disposal, MBE
WO	G E Chainey	16 Mar 1938	Air Staff
WO	W B J Webber	13 Nov 1937	Personnel Staff
WO	R Gordon	18 Nov 1937	Equipment Staff (Stores Section)
WO	A Hall	27 Apr 1936	Personnel Staff
WO	T Hatcher	9 Mar 1936	Air Staff
WO	J Moors	20 May 1937	Equipment Staff
WO	H Allsopp	14 Oct 1938	Air Staff
WO	H N C Dixon	16 Nov 1938	Accountant
WO	V W Blake		for disposal
WO	H C Fry		for disposal
WO	J Gallie		for disposal
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr	E P Mackay	26 Apr 1937
Sqn Ldr	J C Neely	2 Dec 1938	Medical Branch, MB, MRCS, LRCP, DOMS, DO(Oxon)
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off)	Geoffrey L Seabrook	9 Feb 1938	later AVM

Address	Controlled
Villa Victoria, Cairo	Stations
	Aboukir Abu Sueir Amman Heliopolis Helwan Ismailia	Khartoum Ma'an Nairobi Ramleh Sarafand
	Directly Administered Units: - RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir Meteorological Station - Aboukir Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir SHQ Heliopolis Communications Flight - Heliopolis No 113 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis No 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron - Heliopolis Meteorological Station - Heliopolis SHQ Helwan No 33 (Fighter) Squadron - Helwan No 80 (Fighter) Squadron - Helwan SHQ Ismailia No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Ismailia No 211 (Bomber) Squadron - Ismailia Inter-Command Wireless Station - Ismailia Meteorological Station - Ismailia No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum No 223 (Bomber) Squadron - Nairobi No 101 Maintenance Unit - Tura No 102 Maintenance Unit - Abu Sueir The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: - Palestine and Transjordan Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AVM	Hazelton R Nicholl	10 Mar 1938	Air Officer Commanding, CB, CBE
A/Cdre	Andre A Walser	13 Dec 1937	Air Officer i/c Administration, MC, DFC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off	Frederick M Milligan	1 Dec 1938	Personal Assistant to AOC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
Gp Capt	Roy M Drummond	20 Nov 1937	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr	Walter L Dawson	9 Jan 1939	later ACM
Sqn Ldr	A H Willetts	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	H W Pearson-Rogers	11 Jan 1937
Flt Lt	John N Tomes	7 Oct 1938	later A/Cdre
Administrative Staff
Wg Cdr	C E H James	29 Mar 1938	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Sqn Ldr	D O Mulholland	6 Oct 1937	Organisation Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr	Charles S Moore	31 Oct 1938	Personnel Staff; later AVM
Hon Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt)	D S Jillings		Personnel Duties, MBE, MC, RAFO
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Sqn Ldr	Frederick G S Mitchell	1 Feb 1937	later AVM
Engineer
Wg Cdr	A J Warwick	10 Oct 1938
Sqn Ldr	W G Campbell	30 Apr 1938
Sqn Ldr	Herbert L Messiter	30 Mar 1937	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	A J Nicholas	29 Mar 1938	Commissioned Engineer Officer
Navigation
Flt Lt	Arthur F Johnson	11 Nov 1938	later A/Cdre
Signals
Wg Cdr	William E G Mann	1 Feb 1939	Chief Signals Officer, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	H F G Sutherland	29 Sep 1938
Fg Off	H H Laurie	23 Oct 1937	Commissioned Signals Officer
Fg Off	W E Dunn	13 Jun 1938	Commissioned Signals Officer
Equipment
Gp Capt	W J Shields	17 Jan 1939
Wg Cdr	Thomas E Drowley	12 Dec 1935	OBE; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	H B S Ballantyne	3 Jun 1938
Sqn Ldr	C J Nobbs	2 Feb 1938	later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Harold D Jackman	1 Nov 1938	later AM
Flt Lt	D G McDiarmid	11 Nov 1938
Flt Lt	A W Rule	20 Mar 1938
Flt Lt	E R Berry	20 Nov 1937
Fg Off	W R Ford	30 Nov 1937
Accountant
Wg Cdr	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Sqn Ldr	Robert W L Glenn	25 Apr 1937	later AVM
Flt Lt	C V Mears	8 Dec 1937
Medical
Gp Capt	K Biggs	16 Jan 1939	Principal Medical Officer (Temporary), MC, MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Wg Cdr	F J Murphy	12 Oct 1936	Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Hygiene), MB, BCh, DPH
Flt Lt	L S Everett	17 Dec 1936	MRCS, LRCP
Flt Lt	F L Whitehead	1 Jun 1938	MD, CM
Chaplain
Rev	H Thomas	11 Sep 1937
Rev	O R I Jones	23 Aug 1938	BA
Legal
Sqn Ldr	J B Walmsley	6 Feb 1937	Deputy Judge Advocate General, DFC
Educational
Mr	J B Newman	25 Aug 1937	Command Education Officer, MBE, MA
Capt	S Barraclough	8 Sep 1938	Grade II, MBE
Works
Maj	J C A Doherty		Acting Chief Engineer, OBE
Meteorological
Mr	R P Batty		Senior Technical Officer (Acting), BA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr	W B J Humphrey		Camp Commandant
Flt Lt	E C G Badcock		Administrative duties, late RAF
Flt Lt	M Ballard		Administrative Duties, RAFO
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	C W Evans	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Mr	C F Burden	Assistant Inspector, AID
Mr	K G Ticehurst	Assistant Inspector, AID
Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Mr	S G Newport
Attached to HQ Sudan Defence Force, Khartoum
Wg Cdr	Somerled D Macdonald	20 Oct 1937	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	J D'A Keary	19 Aug 1936
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr	E P Mackay	26 Apr 1937
Wg Cdr	J G Russell	4 Feb 1939	MB, BCh
Wg Cdr	A F Cook	17 Feb 1939	LRCP & S, DPH
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off)	Geoffrey L Seabrook	9 Feb 1938	later AVM
Warrant Officers
WO	A Hall	27 Apr 1936	Personnel Staff
WO	T Hatcher	9 Mar 1936	Air Staff
WO	J Moors	20 May 1937	Equipment Staff
WO	H Allsopp	14 Oct 1938	Air Staff
WO	V W Blake	16 Nov 1938	Equipment Staff
WO	H N C Dixon	16 Nov 1938	Accountant
WO	H Parker		for disposal

Address	Controlled
Villa Victoria, Cairo	Stations
	Aboukir Abu Sueir Amman Heliopolis Helwan Ismailia	Khartoum Ma'an Nairobi Ramleh Sarafand
	Directly Administered Units: - RAF Depot, Middle East - Aboukir Meteorological Station - Aboukir Port Depot Detachment - Alexandria No 4 Flying Training School - Abu Sueir SHQ Heliopolis Communications Flight - Heliopolis No 113 (Bomber) Squadron - Heliopolis No 208 (Army Co-operation) Squadron - Heliopolis No 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron - Heliopolis Meteorological Station - Heliopolis SHQ Helwan No 33 (Fighter) Squadron - Helwan No 80 (Fighter) Squadron - Helwan SHQ Ismailia No 45 (Bomber) Squadron - Ismailia No 211 (Bomber) Squadron - Ismailia Inter-Command Wireless Station - Ismailia Meteorological Station - Ismailia No 47 (Bomber) Squadron - Khartoum No 223 (Bomber) Squadron - Nairobi No 101 Maintenance Unit - Tura No 102 Maintenance Unit - Abu Sueir The AOC, Middle East is also responsible for the administrative control of the: - Palestine and Transjordan Command

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
AM	William G S Mitchell	28 Mar 1939	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, AFC; later ACM
A/Cdre	Andre A Walser	13 Dec 1937	Air Officer i/c Administration, MC, DFC
Personal Appointment
Fg Off	Frederick M Milligan	1 Dec 1938	Personal Assistant to AOC; later A/Cdre
Air Staff
Gp Capt	Roy M Drummond	20 Nov 1937	Senior Air Staff Officer, DSO, OBE, MC; later AM
Wg Cdr	Walter L Dawson	9 Jan 1939	later ACM
Wg Cdr	Noel S Paynter	8 Mar 1939	later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	A H Willetts	11 Jan 1937
Sqn Ldr	H W Pearson-Rogers	11 Jan 1937
Flt Lt	John N Tomes	7 Oct 1938	later A/Cdre
Administrative Staff
Wg Cdr	C E H James	29 Mar 1938	Senior Personnel Staff Officer, MC
Sqn Ldr	D O Mulholland	6 Oct 1937	Organisation Duties, AFC
Sqn Ldr	Charles S Moore	31 Oct 1938	Personnel Staff; later AVM
Hon Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt)	D S Jillings		Personnel Duties, MBE, MC, RAFO
Staffs of the Services
Armament
Wg Cdr	Frederick G S Mitchell	1 Feb 1937	later AVM
Engineer
Wg Cdr	A J Warwick	10 Oct 1938
Sqn Ldr	W G Campbell	30 Apr 1938
Sqn Ldr	Herbert L Messiter	30 Mar 1937	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	A J Nicholas	29 Mar 1938	Commissioned Engineer Officer
Navigation
Flt Lt	Arthur F Johnson	11 Nov 1938	later A/Cdre
Signals
Wg Cdr	William E G Mann	1 Feb 1939	Chief Signals Officer, DFC; later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	H F G Sutherland	29 Sep 1938
Fg Off	H H Laurie	23 Oct 1937	Commissioned Signals Officer
Fg Off	W E Dunn	13 Jun 1938	Commissioned Signals Officer
Photographic
Sqn Ldr	F G Cator	1 Mar 1939
Equipment
Gp Capt	W J Shields	17 Jan 1939
Wg Cdr	Thomas E Drowley	12 Dec 1935	OBE; later AVM
Wg Cdr	H B S Ballantyne	3 Jun 1938
Sqn Ldr	C J Nobbs	2 Feb 1938	later A/Cdre
Sqn Ldr	Harold D Jackman	1 Nov 1938	later AM
Sqn Ldr	D G McDiarmid	11 Nov 1938
Flt Lt	A W Rule	20 Mar 1938
Flt Lt	E R Berry	20 Nov 1937
Fg Off	W R Ford	30 Nov 1937
Fg Off	H W C Springham	20 Feb 1939
Accountant
Gp Capt	Thomas H Evans	26 May 1934	Command Accountant
Sqn Ldr	Robert W L Glenn	25 Apr 1937	later AVM
Flt Lt	C V Mears	8 Dec 1937
Medical
Gp Capt	K Biggs	16 Jan 1939	Principal Medical Officer (Temporary), MC, MRCS, LRCP, DPH
Gp Capt	A E Panter		MRCS, LRCP
Wg Cdr	F J Murphy	12 Oct 1936	Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Hygiene), MB, BCh, DPH
Flt Lt	F L Whitehead	1 Jun 1938	MD, CM
Chaplain
Rev	H Thomas	11 Sep 1937
Legal
Sqn Ldr	J B Walmsley	6 Feb 1937	Deputy Judge Advocate General, DFC
Educational
Mr	J B Newman	25 Aug 1937	Command Education Officer, MBE, MA
Capt	S Barraclough	8 Sep 1938	Grade II, MBE
Works
Mr	F L Fay		Chief Engineer, MC, AMInstCE
Meteorological
Mr	R P Batty		Senior Technical Officer (Acting), BA
Miscellaneous Appointments
Mr	W B J Humphrey		Camp Commandant
Flt Lt	M Ballard		Code and Cypher Duties, RAFO
Maj (Ret)	R R Reed		Code and Cypher Duties
Local Audit (under Director of Accounts, Air Ministry)
Mr	C W Evans	Chief Auditor and Adviser on Expenditure to AOC Middle East, MBE
Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection (Middle East and Mediterranean Command) Inspection of Explosives (RAF Depot, Aboukir)
Mr	C F Burden	Assistant Inspector, AID
Mr	K G Ticehurst	Assistant Inspector, AID
Civil Aviation Signals Representative
Mr	S G Newport
Attached to HQ Sudan Defence Force, Khartoum
Wg Cdr	Somerled D Macdonald	20 Oct 1937	DFC; later AVM
Sqn Ldr	J D'A Keary	19 Aug 1936
Supernumerary
Wg Cdr	E P Mackay	26 Apr 1937
Wg Cdr	A F Cook	17 Feb 1939	LRCP & S, DPH
Flt Lt	V A F Martin	8 Mar 1939	MB, BCh
Flt Lt	H D Nicholson	6 Mar 1939
Act Flt Lt (Fg Off)	Geoffrey L Seabrook	9 Feb 1938	later AVM
Fg Off	W G Thorn	11 Mar 1939
Warrant Officers
WO	A Hall	27 Apr 1936	Personnel Staff
WO	J Moors	20 May 1937	Equipment Staff
WO	H Allsopp	14 Oct 1938	Air Staff
WO	V W Blake	16 Nov 1938	Equipment Staff
WO	H N C Dixon	16 Nov 1938	Accountant
WO	A Morgan		for disposal