Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[Aug 1918 | Sep 1918 | Oct 1918 | Nov 1918 | Feb 1919 | Mar 1919 | May 1919 | Jun 1919]
Prior to 8 May 1918, this Command was designated No 5 Area and personnel whose appointment date pre-dates 8 May also served on the staff of that Area
Address | Controlled |
Adelphi Hotel, Argyll Street, Glasgow |
All units in Scotland. |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Maj-Gen | G C Cayley | 1 Apr 1918 | General Officer Commanding, CB |
Brig-Gen | B C Fellows | 1 Apr 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration) |
Act Col (Lt Col) | S E Smith | 1 Apr 1918 | Colonel (Equipment) |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | A H W Elias-Wynn | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class |
Lt Col | J A Houison-Crauford | 10 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class; later Brig-Gen |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | P C Maltby | 1 May 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class, DSO; later AVM |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | E P A Melville | 15 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F L Scholte | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class |
Act Maj (Hon Capt, Lt) | S C F Bacon | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Maj (Capt) | C F O Master | 8 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Hon Maj (Lt) | H K Payne | 4 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Maj (2 Lt) | H W Sidley | 18 May 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Maj (Capt) | P Sidney | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Maj (Capt) | G A Sinclair-Hill | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Capt (Lt) | D L Blumenfeld | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Act Capt (Lt) | P Ellis | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Act Capt (Lt) | A H Goldie | 16 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Capt | A H Illingworth | 6 July | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Act Capt (Lt) | H Lawson | 8 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Capt | H M Massey | 30 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class; later A/Cdre |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | E Vevers | 13 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | W G Webber | 23 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Capt | E J Wickens | 23 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Source - August 1918 Air Force List
There were the following changes: -
Arriving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Act Maj (Capt) | C D Morrison | 1 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
There were the following changes: -
Leaving
Rank | Name | Notes |
Brig-Gen | B C Fellows | Brigadier-General (Administration) |
Arriving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Act Brig-Gen (Lt Col) | J A Houison-Crauford | xx xxx 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration), replaced B C Fellows |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F H Unwin | 24 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class |
Act Maj (Capt) | G C V Hewson | 20 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Maj (Capt) | H G Wheeler | 21 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | C A Perry | 28 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | E W Vine | 31 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Act Lt (2 Lt) | R J Whitley | 17 Jul 1918 | Staff Lieutenant 2nd Class |
Source - October 1918 Air Force List
There were the following changes: -
Leaving
Rank | Name | Notes |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | A H W Elias-Wynn | Staff Officer 1st Class |
Capt | E J Wickens | Staff Officer 3rd Class |
Arriving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Act Lt Col (Capt) | P Sidney | 1 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class from SO 2nd Class |
Lt Col | D L Allen | 18 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class |
Act Maj (Lt) | D L Blumenfeld | 1 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class from SO 3rd Class |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | R J Whitley | 17 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class from Staff Lieutenant 2nd Class |
Source - November 1918 Air Force List
Address | Controlled |
Adelphi Hotel, Argyll Street, Glasgow Temporary Branch HQ: - Racecourse Buildings, York |
All units in the following counties: - Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, Westmorland and Cumberland. Also the counties of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire north of a line drawn through Worksop and Horncastle to the East Coast, excluding Lincoln itself. All units in Scotland. |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Maj-Gen | G C Cayley | 1 Apr 1918 | General Officer Commanding, CB |
Act Brig-Gen (Lt Col) | J A Houison-Crauford | 1 Oct 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration) Glasgow |
Act Brig-Gen (Col) | H C T Dowding | 1 Apr 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration) York; later ACM |
Act Col (Lt Col) | S E Smith | 1 Apr 1918 | Colonel (Equipment) Glasgow |
Act Col (Lt Col) | E F Briggs | 1 Apr 1918 | Colonel (Equipment) York |
Lt Col | H Cooper | 1 Apr 1918 | Area Assistant Medical Administrator (Glasgow)*, DSO |
Capt | H R B Hull | 1 Apr 1918 | Deputy Area Assistant Medical Administrator (Glasgow)* |
Act Capt (Lt) | A S H O'Brien | 1 Apr 1918 | Medical Administration Officer (Glasgow)* |
Lt Col | N J Roche | 1 Apr 1918 | Area Assistant Medical Administrator (York)* |
Capt | R H Knowles | 1 Apr 1918 | Deputy Area Assistant Medical Administrator (York)* |
Act Capt (Lt) | T H Evans | 28 Apr 1918 | Medical Administration Officer (York)* |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | H M Bentley | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Lt Col | D L Allen | 18 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F H Unwin | 24 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | P C Maltby | 1 May 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow, DSO; later AVM |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | E P A Melville | 15 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F L Scholte | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Capt) | P Sidney | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | K L Buist | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class York |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | M G B Copeman | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class York |
Hon Col (Lt Col) | J M Home | 11 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | C D Morrison | 1 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | G C V Hewson | 20 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | H G Wheeler | 21 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Lt) | S T Smith | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Lt) | A G Stradling | 27 May 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | C F O Master | 8 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Hon Maj (Lt) | H K Payne | 4 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (2 Lt) | H W Sidley | 18 May 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | K T Dowding | 26 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Maj | J E Hume | 16 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow, DSO |
Act Maj (Lt) | G W Frost | 22 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | H A Michell | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Lt) | R W Ward | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | M McK Wood | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | N V Wrigley | 20 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Lt) | F Jewell | 24 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | C A Perry | 28 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | J C Barraclough | 8 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | W St J Scott Scott | 4 Sep 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | R J Whitley | 17 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | F McGuffie | 17 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | P Ellis | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | A H Goldie | 16 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | A H Illingworth | 6 July 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | R G Home | 14 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | H Lawson | 8 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | E L Hyde | 28 Sep 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | H M Massey | 30 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow; later A/Cdre |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | E Vevers | 13 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | W G Webber | 23 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | J M McEntegart | 1 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | R J Needham | 1 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | G C Gold | 8 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (Lt) | H H Harries | 27 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Capt | J F Myles | 5 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Capt | J L Robertson | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (Lt) | P A Simmons | 18 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | W Myers | 22 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | F C Payne | 3 Apr1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | H W Brooks | 12 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
* Medical Administration personnel appear to have been in post before this AFL but not listed previously
Source - February 1919 Air Force List
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Maj-Gen | G C Cayley | 1 Apr 1918 | General Officer Commanding, CB |
Act Brig-Gen (Lt Col) | J A Houison-Crauford | 1 Oct 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration) Glasgow |
Act Brig-Gen (Col) | H C T Dowding | 1 Apr 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration) York; later ACM |
Act Col (Lt Col) | E F Briggs | 1 Apr 1918 | Colonel (Equipment) Glasgow |
Lt Col | N J Roche | xx xxx 1919 | Principal Medical Officer (Glasgow) |
Capt | H R B Hull | 1 Apr 1918 | Deputy Principal Medical Officer (Glasgow)* |
Act Capt (Lt) | A S H O'Brien | 1 Apr 1918 | Medical Administration Officer (Glasgow)* |
Capt | R H Knowles | 1 Apr 1918 | Deputy Principal Medical Officer (York)* |
Act Capt (Lt) | T H Evans | 28 Apr 1918 | Medical Administration Officer (York)* |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F L Scholte | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | H M Bentley | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | E P A Melville | 15 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | P C Maltby | 1 May 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow, DSO; later AVM |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F H Unwin | 24 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Capt) | P Sidney | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Lt Col | D L Allen | 18 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | K L Buist | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class York |
Hon Col (Lt Col) | J M Home | 11 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class York |
Hon Maj (Lt) | H K Payne | 4 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | C F O Master | 8 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (2 Lt) | H W Sidley | 18 May 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Maj | J E Hume | 16 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow, DSO |
Act Maj (Capt) | G C V Hewson | 20 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | H G Wheeler | 21 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Lt) | S T Smith | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Lt) | A G Stradling | 27 May 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (2 Lt) | W G Webber | 29 Nov 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class Glasgow |
Act Maj (Capt) | H A Michell | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | M McK Wood | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Lt) | R W Ward | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Lt) | G W Frost | 22 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | N V Wrigley | 20 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Lt) | F Jewell | 24 Aug 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Maj (Capt) | J L Robertson | 7 Nov 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Capt (Lt) | P Ellis | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | E Vevers | 13 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | A H Goldie | 16 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | H M Massey | 30 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow; later A/Cdre |
Capt | A H Illingworth | 6 July 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | J C Barraclough | 8 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | C A Perry | 28 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | R J Needham | 1 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | W St J Scott Scott | 4 Sep 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | E L Hyde | 28 Sep 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | R J Whitley | 17 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | J M McEntegart | 1 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Capt | R G Home | 14 Jan 1919 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | F C Payne | 3 Apr1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Capt | J F Myles | 5 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (Lt) | H H Harries | 27 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (Lt) | P A Simmons | 18 Jun 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | W Myers | 22 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | H W Brooks | 12 Oct 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Source - March 1919 Air Force List
There were the following changes: -
Leaving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Maj-Gen | G C Cayley | 1 Apr 1918 | General Officer Commanding, CB |
Act Brig-Gen (Col) | H C T Dowding | 1 Apr 1918 | Brigadier-General (Administration) York; later ACM |
Act Capt (Lt) | T H Evans | 28 Apr 1918 | Medical Administration Officer (York) |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | F L Scholte | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Lt Col (Maj) | E P A Melville | 15 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 1st Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | E L Hyde | 28 Sep 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (Lt) | H H Harries | 27 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class York |
Arriving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Act Brig-Gen (Col) | A V Vyvyan | 28 Apr 1919 | General Officer Commanding, CB, DSO; later AVM |
In this edition of the AFL, officers appear to have reverted to their substantive ranks and may have relinquished their acting ranks
Source - May 1919 Air Force List
There were the following changes: -
Leaving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Act Maj (Lt) | G W Frost | 22 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Act Capt (Lt) | P Ellis | 1 Apr 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | E Vevers | 13 May 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Act Capt (2 Lt) | C A Perry | 28 Jul 1918 | Staff Officer 3rd Class Glasgow |
Arriving
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Maj | C A Shaw | 13 May 1919 | Staff Officer 2nd Class York |
Source - June 1919 Air Force List
On 12 June 1919 North-Western Area was redesignated Northern Area
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