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RAF Station Commanders - South East England

RAF Andover

23 Dec 1919 Sqn Ldr W A McClaughry (OC, Air Pilotage Sch)

1 Apr 1925 Flt Lt J E J Drabble

12 Feb 1926 Wg Cdr L A Pattinson

4 Oct 1926 Wg Cdr J H A Landon

26 Jan 1928 Wg Cdr E A B Rice

21 Oct 1929 Wg Cdr W B Hargrave

1 Apr 1932 Wg Cdr E L Tomkinson

18 Feb 1933 Wg Cdr S R Watkins

13 May 1935 Wg Cdr A T Whitelock

11 Mar 1938 Wg Cdr T M Williams

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xx xxx 1941 Gp Capt C E V Porter

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt J A Gray

xx xxx 1951 Wg Cdr M P C Corkery

xx xxx 1953 Wg Cdr G M Wyatt (Photo below shows Wg Cdr Wyatt at opening of the 1953 Andover Open Day. Photo courtesy Gerald Rickwood^©)

xx xxx 1956 Wg. Cdr M M Kane

xx xxx 1958 Wg. Cdr. F F Addington

18 Aug 1960 Wg Cdr W Stapleton

xx xxx xxxx

5 Sep 1966 Wg Cdr J R Shephard

27 Jan 1969 Wg Cdr G M Smith

13 Apr 1971 Wg Cdr T E M Dunne

xx xxx xxxx

21 Jun 1976 Wg Cdr A L Wright

RAF Detling

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt E P M Davis (killed 13 Aug 1940)

RAF Dunsfold

5 Dec 1942 Wg Cdr R F Begg RCAF

1 Jan 1943 Wg Cdr E H G Moncrieff RCAF

19 Jan 1943 Wg Cdr H J Burden RCAF

11 Nov 1943 Gp Capt L W Cannon

22 Nov 1943 Gp Capt L Dunlap RCAF

1 Jul 1944 Sqn Ldr J J Sector

2 Sep 1944 Sqn Ldr A G Sudworth

6 Feb 1945 Sqn Ldr G Hampson

7 Jun 1945 Wg Cdr H J L Hallowes

RAF Eastchurch

1 Jul 1920 Wg Cdr A W Bigsworth*

23 Feb 1923 Wg Cdr J R W Smyth-Pigott*

4 May 1925 Wg Cdr C H K Edmonds*

6 May 1927 Wg Cdr S Grant-Dalton*

30 Mar 1929 Wg Cdr G W Murlis-Green*

16 Jan 1932 Gp Capt A W Tedder**

xx xxx 1934 Wg Cdr W Sowrey/E H Spurling? (Temp)

1 Oct 1934 Gp Capt C W H Pulford**

7 Sep 1936 Gp Capt R H Kershaw

31 Aug 1937 Gp Capt L G S Payne***

22 Jul 1938 Gp Capt C B Dallson

xx Nov 1939 Gp Capt A P Davidson

*Cmdt, A&GS

**Cmdt, AAS

***Cmdt, No 1 AAS

RAF Farnborough

1 Feb 1933 Wg Cdr F C V Laws

16 Oct 1933 Wg Cdr G H Bowman

28 Jul 1934 Wg Cdr M L Taylor

26 Mar 1936 Wg Cdr C Porri

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xx xxx 1962 Gp Capt J C T Downey

RAF Gosport (RAF Base Gosport up to 1934/5)

1 Oct 1921 Wg Cdr N J Gill

14 Nov 1921 Wg Cdr H R Busteed

4 Apr 1925 Wg Cdr R E C Peirse

22 Aug 1925 Wg Cdr B L Huskisson

27 Mar 1927 Wg Cdr J T Babington

3 Sep 1928 Gp Capt C D Breese

7 Apr 1930 Wg Cdr J H S Tyssen

4 Mar 1935 Gp Capt W C Hicks

xx xxx 1936/7 ?

25 Apr 1937 Gp Capt B E Baker

28 Aug 1938 Gp Capt E O Grenfell

RAF Greenham Common

xx Aug 1954 Wg Cdr G D Jones

RAF Harrowbeer

15 Sep 1941 Wg Cdr E F Ward

3 Sep 1943 Wg Cdr J Butterworth

RAF Hawkinge

xx xxx 1917 Maj MacRae

1 May 1920 Sqn Ldr Sir Norman R A D Leslie*

6 Feb 1923 Sqn Ldr A H Peck*

12 Sep 1927 Sqn Ldr E D Atkinson*

25 Mar 1927 Sqn Ldr W H Park*

1 Jan 1929 Sqn Ldr L G S Payne*

19 Feb 1930 Sqn Ldr R S Aitken

3 Oct 1930 Sqn Ldr H M Probyn*

11 Feb 1932 Sqn Ldr W E G Bryant*

16 Feb 1933 Sqn Ldr A L Paxton*

14 Jan 1935 Sqn Ldr W F Dickson*

xx Jul 1935 SHQ formed

4 Nov 1935 Sqn Ldr W F Dickson

26 Jan 1936 Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr A C Bayley

3 Sep 1937 Wg Cdr R A George

7 Mar 1939 Wg Cdr L Darvall

27 Oct 1939 Sqn Ldr L S Weedon

30 Nov 1939 Sqn Ldr A Ferris

1 May 1940 Wg Cdr W L Payne

10 Jul 1940 Sqn Ldr H B Hurley

16 Aug 1940 Wg Cdr E E Arnold

2 Apr 1941 Wg Cdr W M Fry

19 Jan 1942 Wg Cdr W L Bateman

30 Apr 1942 Wg Cdr R W Bundey

25 Sep 1942 Wg Cdr E G Jones

2 Nov 1942 Wg Cdr W A Richardson

20 Dec 1942 Wg Cdr L L A Strange

11 Feb 1943 Wg Cdr F F Barrett

9 Jan 1944 Wg Cdr D J Scott

1 Mar 1944 Wg Cdr R F Watts

1 Jan 1945 Wg Cdr M N Crossley

3 Sep 1945 Wg Cdr H C Kennard

1 Jun 1947 Gp Off N Dinnie WAAF

15 Feb 1950 Gp Off A Stephens WAAF

3 Nov 1952 Gp Off M H Barnett WRAF

29 May 1956 Gp Off J L A Conan-Doyle WRAF

20 Apr 1959 Gp Off F B Hill WRAF

2 May 1960 Wg Off E M Benson WRAF

*OC No 25 Sqn

RAF Isle of Grain

23 Dec 1919 Wg Cdr T R Cave-Browne-Cave

RAF Lasham

xx xxx 1943 Gp Capt L W C Bower

RAF Lee-on-Solent

14 Oct 1924 Wg Cdr C E Maude*

26 Mar 1927 Wg Cdr G F Pretyman*

30 Nov 1929 Wg Cdr D G Donald*

2 May 1931 Wg Cdr J C Quinnell*

4 Dec 1933 Gp Capt L T N Gould*

2 Mar 1936 Gp Capt J B Graham*

1 Dec 1937 Gp Capt J B Graham (separate SHQ)

25 Feb 1938 Wg Cdr W J Seward

1 Apr 1939 Gp Capt J B Graham

*Cmdt, Sch of Naval Co-op

RAF Lympne

14 Dec 1936 Wg Cdr W A C Morgan

RAF Manston

xx May 1916 Sqn Cdr R L G Marix RNAS

xx Jun 1916 Wg Cdr W L Elder RNAS

xx Dec 1916 Sqn Cdr G L Thompson RNAS

xx Jan 1917 Wg Cdr R Bell-Davies RNAS

xx May 1917 Sqn Cdr J T Babington RNAS

xx Sep 1918 Lt Col A C Bishop

5 Nov 1919 Wg Cdr W H Primrose

6 Oct 1921 Wg Cdr J H A Landon

2 Jul 1924 Gp Capt A L Godman

19 Jan 1925 Gp Capt S A Hebden

13 May 1929 Gp Capt R C M Pink

2 Oct 1931 Gp Capt S W Smith

18 Aug 1933 Gp Capt E R Manning

xx Jan 1935 Gp Capt A Corbett-Wilson

xx Jul 1935 Gp Capt W V Strugnell

xx Jul 1939 Gp Capt A Gray

xx Oct 1939 Wg Cdr R H Hanmer

xx May 1940 Wg Cdr R B Jordan

xx Aug 1940 Sqn Ldr G A L Manton

xx Mar 1941 Wg Cdr R L Bennet

xx Oct 1941 Wg Cdr T P Gleave

xx Apr 1942 Gp Capt A G Adnams

xx Sep 1942 Wg Cdr C R Hancock

xx Nov 1942 Wg Cdr D F B Sheen

xx Apr 1943 Wg Cdr G L Raphael

9 Oct 1944 Gp Capt A D Murray

xx Sep 1945 Wg Cdr R F H Clerke

xx Oct 1946 Gp Capt R Grice

xx Jan 1948 Gp Capt M D Crichton-Biggie

xx Feb 1950 Gp Capt T W G Eady

xx Jul 1950 Gp Capt J Rankin

xx May 1952 Gp Capt E S Finch

xx Apr 1955 Gp Capt W G Oldbury

xx Oct 1956 Wg Cdr J A A Read

xx May 1958 Sqn Ldr P A Alt

xx Sep 1958 Flt Lt D E G Marlow

xx Apr 1959 Sqn Ldr W E Evans

xx Jul 1961 Wg Cdr W J Swift

xx Mar 1964 Wg Cdr W Hoy

xx Nov 1965 Wg Cdr D B Wills

xx Jan 1969 Wg Cdr E N Scott

xx Jul 1971 Wg Cdr R A Jell

xx Apr 1974 Wg Cdr C J Duncombe

xx Feb 1976 Wg Cdr N T R Bulpitt

xx Mar 1978 Wg Cdr C Campbell

xx Aug 1980 Wg Cdr H H Skinner

xx Sep 1983 Wg Cdr J D Ward

xx Sep 1985 Wg Cdr T J Hindmarsh

xx Mar 1988 Wg Cdr J R Whitson

xx Nov 1990 Wg Cdr A C Montgomery

xx Nov 1993 Wg Cdr D H White

xx Feb 1996 Wg Cdr M G Richardson

RAF Odiham

11 Jan 1937 Wg Cdr L O Brown

15 Nov 1938 Wg Cdr F M F West

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xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr C D North-Lewis (1947)

xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt D C Stapleton

xx xxx 1950 Gp Capt H J Maguire

xx Aug 1952 Wg/Gp Capt J A Kent

xx Aug 1952

1 Apr 1960 Wg Cdr B J Jennings

19 Feb 1962 Gp Capt D F B Sheen

7 Aug 1964 Gp Capt W S O Randle

16 Sep 1966 Gp Capt W E Martin

21 Feb 1969 Gp Capt A T Talbot-Williams

12 Feb 1971 Gp Capt J A G Slessor

18 May 1973 Gp Capt A L Bennett

30 May 1975 Gp Capt J L Price

22 Apr 1977 Gp Capt P D M Moore

xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt C H Reineck

18 Dec 1981 Gp Capt A F C Hunter

21 Oct 1983 Gp Capt B A Wright

15 Nov 1985 Gp Capt T Garden

xx xxx 1987 Gp Capt J R Day

xx xxx 1989 Gp Capt J C French

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xx Dec 1993 Gp Capt P A Crawford

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xx xxx 2000 Gp Capt M C Barter

14 Dec 2001 Gp Capt A D Pulford

xx xxx 2004 Gp Capt T S Milburn

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt S Reynolds

xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt S J Shell

28 Oct 2011 Gp Capt D J Toriati

RAF Southampton/Eastleigh (renamed 1 Aug 1936)

4 Jan 1936 Wg Cdr D Iron

24 Feb 1937 Wg Cdr F H Laurence

RAF Tangmere

23 Nov 1926 Wg Cdr J H S Tyssen

1 Dec 1928 Wg Cdr J B Graham

22 Nov 1931 Wg Cdr R M Drummond

2 Jun 1933 Wg Cdr G C Pirie

1 Feb 1935 Wg Cdr R B Mansell

9 Aug 1935 Wg Cdr L H Slatter

13 Apr 1937 Wg Cdr C W Hill

28 Dec 1937 Gp Capt K R Park

9 Jun 1938 Gp Capt F Sowrey

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xx xxx 1949 Wg Cdr T O Prickett

xx Aug 1952 Gp Capt J A Kent

xx Oct 1955 Gp Capt E W Whitley

xx Sep 1958 Wg Cdr W D David

8 May 1961 Gp Capt P A Hughes

1 Feb 1965 Wg Cdr P D J Wood

4 Aug 1967 Gp Capt R D Roe

30 Apr 1968 Wg Cdr D Gray

RAF Thorney Island

21 Mar 1938 Gp Capt J C Russell

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xx xxx xxxx Gp Capt H S Scroggs (killed 29 Sep 941)

xx Apr 1954 Gp Capt S J Marchbank

xx xxx 1956 Gp Capt H E C Boxer

xx Dec 1958 Gp Capt W G Devas

24 Jan 1961 Gp Capt D L Pitt

4 Feb 1963 Gp Capt H M H Tudor

16 Jul 1965 Gp Capt R C E Scott

7 Sep 1967 Gp Capt S Slater

16 Feb 1970 Gp Capt D Wood

3 Mar 1972 Gp Capt J D Spottiswoode

21 Jun 1974 Gp Capt G H Gilbert

RAF Wartling

xx Jun 1958 Gp Capt I G Esplin

14 Jun 1960 Gp Capt R F Watts

28 Aug 1961 Gp Capt W J Gregory

RAF Welford

xx xxx 1949 Gp Capt M Watson

RAF Worthy Down

1 Dec 1926 Gp Capt Hon J D Boyle

4 Apr 1929 Gp Capt F K Haskins

6 Aug 1929 Gp Capt C H K Edmonds

7 Aug 1931 Gp Capt J R W Smyth-Pigott

16 Jan 1934 Wg Cdr/Gp Capt A A B Thomson

6 Nov 1936 Wg Cdr C H Keith

22 Aug 1937 Wg Cdr W Underhill

6 Mar 1939 Wg Cdr G R C Spencer

Officers shown in Italics either never reached Air Rank or were not in the General Duties Branch when they did so

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