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1939-1945

 

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Davies,
John Rathliegn
 J.R. Davies
20.08.1921
-
LAC
 		? [1151428]
P/O (prob)
 		18.01.1941, seniority 10.01.1941 [60107]
P/O
 		10.01.1942
(WS) F/O
 		10.01.1942
23.12.1942, seniority 10.03.1942
(WS) F/Lt.
 		10.09.1943

10.01.1941

emergency commission RAFVR



Flying instructor (Miles Master)



Glider Instructor (Hotspur)



501 Squadron RAF (Spitfires)



274 Squadron RAF (Tempests)



Comm. Squadrons (Austers)
Davison,
Derek Harold
 D.H. Davison
Telegraph obituary
 20.08.1921
Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
-
19.10.2007
[Westoning, Bedfordshire ?]
A/Wt.Offr.
 		? [1425261]
P/O (prob)
 		29.04.1945 [197787]
P/O
 		29.10.1945
(WS) F/O
 		29.10.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
 ?
 ?
29.04.1945

emergency commission, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)



614 Squadron RAF
Chairman, Britannia Airways.
Deacon,
Henry Hazard
"Harry"
 H.H. Deacon
(06?).1920 ?
Edmonton district ?
-
1989 ?
Buckinghamshire ?
F/Sgt.
 		? [932943]
P/O (prob)
 		23.03.1943 [143239]
F/O (prob)
 		23.09.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
23.03.1945
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
 07.01.1944
 ?
(1941)
 		-
 		(1943)
 		39 Squadron RAF (Malta)
23.03.1943

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)
 
Deeley,
Geoffrey Hampton
 J.R. Davies
?
-
13.02.2007
[aged 95]
F/Sgt.
 		? [1269767]
P/O (prob)
 		20.05.1942, seniority 27.04.1942 [121491]
...
 		...
(A) Sq.Ldr.
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 ?
 ?
Legionnaire, Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
1940
 -
 		1946
 		in RAF with 'V' Section A.C.I.U.
20.05.1942

emergency commission RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
ARCA. Formerly with the Art Department of the Goldsmiths College and the
Polytechnic, Regents Street.
Derry,
Archibald Frederick
 A.F. Derry 		(03?).1909
Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex
-
26.12.1994
Hampshire
F/Sgt.
 		? [846160]
P/O (prob)
 		08.3.1944 [172200]
P/O
 		08.09.1944
(WS) F/O
08.09.1944
F/O
 		08.03.1946
Sq.Ldr. (Suppl. List)
 		01.07.1959 (retd 10.03.1964; retaining the rank of W/Cdr.)
(T) W/Cdr.
 		?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 20.05.1955
 Malaya
08.03.1944

emergency commission RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)
01.11.1947

transferred, Secretarial Branch
15.04.1948

permanent commission, RAF
29.12.1955

transferred to Branch List category
Published: an article on the psychological warfare in Malaya
Du Boulay,
 [Sir] Roger William Houssemayne
 R.W.H. Du Boulay
 Son of Capt. Charles John Houssemayne Du Boulay, RN (1894-1967), and Mary Alice Veronica Morgan (1895-1964).
Brother of Lt. Hubert Charles Houssemayne Du Boulay, RNVR.
 Married (1957) Elizabeth, daughter of late Brig. Francis Wyville Home, late RM, and Molly Eveline Louise Mary, Lady Pile; one daughter, and two step sons.
 		30.03.1922
-
01.2008 still alive in Hertfordshire
Ldg.Acm.
 		? [1321688]
P/O (prob)
 		06.11.1942 [134135]
(WS) F/O (prob)
 		10.05.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
 		10.11.1944 (reld 28.02.1947)
F/O
 		28.02.1947 (reld 28.02.1957)
Kinght Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO
 26.03.1982
 ?
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
 19.05.1972
 ?
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG
 14.06.1975
 HM's birthday 75
Education: Winchester College; Oxford University
06.11.1942

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
28.02.1947

commissioned, reconstituted RAFVR
28.02.1952

extension of service (5 years)
HM Colonial Service, Nigeria, 1949-1958; HM Foreign, later Diplomatic, Service, 1959; FO, 1959; Washington, 1960-1964; FCO 1964-1967; Manila, 1967-1971; Alternate Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1967-1969, and Director, 1969-1971; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris, 1971-1973; Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides, 1973-1975.Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, 12.12.1975-09.04.1982 Adviser: Solomon Islands Government, 1986; Swaziland Government, 1992.
Duncan,
Robert Lawson
R.L. Duncan
 Married; at least one child.
Residence: Cupar, Fife.
 		19.01.1920
-
03.01.1982
Rochester, Kent (while on holiday)
Wt.Off.
 		? [748351]
P/O (prob)
 		17.11.1942 [138293]
(WS) F/O (prob)
 		17.05.1943
(WS) F/Lt.
 		17.11.1944
F/Lt.
 		01.07.1946
25.02.1947, seniority 17.05.1946 (retd 13.08.1953; medical unfitness for air force service; retaining rank of Sq.Ldr.)
(T) Sq.Ldr.
 		?
Air Force Cross AFC
 01.01.1947
 ?
17.11.1942
  
 		 
 		commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
12.02.1946

extended service commission RAF
12.10.1948
  
 		 
 		permanent commission
       

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