OCs 712 - 825 Sqns

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Squadron Commanding Officers, Nos 712 - 825 Squadrons

No 712 Squadron

15 Jul 1936	Flt Lt H A Traill (Lt-Cdr, RN)
5 Aug 1936	Flt Lt J C Richards (Lt, RN)
8 Feb 1937	Flt Lt O S Stevinson (Lt-Cdr, RN)
3 Apr 1937	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr E H Shattock (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 715 Squadron

15 Jul 1936	Flt Lt Edward O F Price (Lt-Cdr, RN)
7 Sep 1937	Sqn Ldr H H Caddy (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 718 Squadron

15 Jul 1936	Flt Lt T W T Blackwell (Lt, RN)
21 Oct 1936	Sqn Ldr A A Murray (Lt-Cdr, RN)
29 Mar 1939	Flt Lt J C Cockburn (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 720 Squadron

15 Jul 1936	Flt Lt Trevenen P Coode (Lt, RN)
30 Apr 1937	Flt Lt G W R Nicholl (Lt, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 800 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	?
2 May 1933	Sqn Ldr Charles J N Atkinson (Lt Cdr RN)
1 Aug 1935	Sqn Ldr John B Heat (Lt Cdr RN)
17 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr H A Traill (Lt Cdr RN)
30 Mar 1936	Flt Lt B H M Kendall (Lt Cdr, RN)
22 Aug 1938	Flt Lt G N Torry (Lt, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 801 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Flt Lt R R Graham (Lt, RN)
9 May 1933	Sqn Ldr Charles E W Foster
7 Sep 1933	Sqn Ldr Sydney L G Pope DFC, AFC; later A/Cdre
11 Jun 1936	Sqn Ldr Bryan V Reynolds; later AM
22 Jun 1936	Sqn Ldr G K Fairtlough
10 Mar 1939	Sqn Ldr C A Kingsley Rowe (Lt Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	DB

No 802 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Sqn Ldr Edward M C Abel-Smith (Lt Cdr, RN)
9 Jun 1933	Sqn Ldr Walter E Swann
15 Jan 1935	Sqn Ldr Robert H Hanmer MC
11 Jun 1936	Sqn Ldr Frank E Bond
11 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr J P G Bryant (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 803 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Flt Lt Leonard Young
28 Oct 1933	Sqn Ldr Robert R Graham (Lt Cdr RN)
18 Nov 1934	Flt Lt Cyril W Byas (Lt Cdr RN)
1 Apr 1937	DB
21 Nov 1938	Lt Cdr B H M Kendall RN
2 Mar 1939	Flt Lt D R F Cambell (Lt Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 810 Squadron

2 May 1933	Sqn Ldr Edmund W Anstice (Cdr RN)
10 Oct 1933	Sqn Ldr Thomas A Warne-Browne DSC; later AM
7 Feb 1934	Sqn Ldr George H Boyce AFC; later A/Cdre
5 May 1936	Sqn Ldr H M Mellor MVO
9 Dec 1938	Sqn Ldr N R M Skene (Capt, RM)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 811 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Sqn Ldr Thomas A Warne-Browne DSC; later AM
2 Oct 1933	Sqn Ldr Frederick W H Clarke (Lt-Cdr, RN)
23 Sep 1935	Sqn Ldr R R Graham (Cdr, RN)
21 Feb 1936	Sqn Ldr L G Richardson (Lt-Cdr, RN)
12 Dec 1937	Sqn Ldr J A S Brown
21 Jan 1938	Sqn Ldr E O F Price (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 812 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Flt Lt Frederick E Vernon; later A/Cdre
26 May 1933	Sqn Ldr George H Boyce AFC; later A/Cdre
15 Jan 1934	Lt Cdr C A N Hooper RN
29 Jun 1934	Sqn Ldr Bruce B Caswell
11 Nov 1936	Lt Cdr C A N Hooper RN
23 Nov 1936	Sqn Ldr Norman A P Pritchett; later A/Cdre
26 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr J H Hutchinson
1 Nov 1938	Sqn Ldr J D C Little (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 813 Squadron

18 Jan 1937	?
1 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr C R V Pugh (Lt-Cdr, RN)
1 Sep 1938	Sqn Ldr N Kennedy (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 814 Squadron

21 Nov 1938	Sqn Ldr N S Luard (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 820 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	?
2 May 1933	Sqn Ldr Anthony P Colthurst (Lt-Cdr, RN)
9 Aug 1934	Sqn Ldr M S Slattery (Lt-Cdr, RN)
15 Apr 1935	Sqn Ldr Robert G Poole (Lt-Cdr, RN)
1 Apr 1937	Lt Cdr C A N Hooper RN
19 Aug 1937	Sqn Ldr A C G Ermen (Cdr, RN)
7 Jan 1939	Lt Cdr G B Hodkinson RN
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 821 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Flt Lt R A Peyton (Lt, RN)
6 May 1933	Sqn Ldr Bernard E Harrison AFC
5 Sep 1934	Sqn Ldr C B Tidd (Lt Cdr, RN)
4 Jan 1935	Sqn Ldr F C B Saville
8 May 1935	Sqn Ldr Herbert N Hampton DFC
27 Dec 1934	Flt Lt Edwin B Carnduff (Lt-Cdr, RN)
21 Sep 1936	Sqn Ldr G R M Clifford (Lt-Cdr, RN)
29 Mar 1939	Sqn Ldr J A D Wroughton (Lt Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 822 Squadron

3 Apr 1933	Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Henry L St J Fancourt (Lt-Cdr, RN)
1 Jun 1934	Sqn Ldr E O F Price (Lt-Cdr, RN)
21 Jun 1934	Flt Lt Edwin B Carnduff (Lt-Cdr, RN)
18 Aug 1934	Sqn Ldr A P Colthurst (Lt Cdr, RN)
14 Mar 1936	Sqn Ldr A M Rundle (Lt-Cdr, RN)
21 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr J B Buckley (Lt-Cdr, RN)
28 Jul 1938	Sqn Ldr K Williamson (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	DB

No 823 Squadron

18 Aug 1933	Sqn Ldr Cyril B Tidd (Lt-Cdr, RN)
xx Sep 1934	Flt Lt Maurice M Freehill DFC
30 Aug 1935	Sqn Ldr Godfrey C Dickens (Lt-Cdr, RN)
21 May 1937	Sqn Ldr D W McKendrick (Lt-Cdr, RN)
19 Aug 1936	Sqn Ldr R A Kilroy (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 824 Squadron

25 Apr 1933	Sqn Ldr Harold H Down AFC; later A/Cdre
8 Oct 1934	DB
28 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr William A K Dalzell
26 Oct 1935	Sqn Ldr Frederick L Pearce; later A/Cdre
1 Apr 1937	Sqn Ldr A B Woodhall
27 Apr 1938	Sqn Ldr R G Forbes
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control

No 825 Squadron

8 Oct 1934	Sqn Ldr Harold H Down AFC; later A/Cdre
25 Dec 1934	Sqn Ldr Robert R Graham (Cdr, RN)
8 Jun 1935	Sqn Ldr James I Robertson (Lt-Cdr, RN)
25 Oct 1935	Sqn Ldr H A Traill (Lt-Cdr, RN)
17 Mar 1937	Sqn Ldr James I Robertson (Lt-Cdr, RN)
11 Sep 1937	Sqn Ldr A Brock (Lt-Cdr, RN)
13 Aug 1938	Sqn Ldr J W Hale (Lt-Cdr, RN)
24 May 1939	Transferred to Admiralty control