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Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Salmond, was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the War, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India. In 1933 Salmond served as Chief of the Air Staff for only a matter of days before being taken ill and subsequently dying from cancer.

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  • Geoffrey Salmond
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  • Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Salmond, was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the War, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India. In 1933 Salmond served as Chief of the Air Staff for only a matter of days before being taken ill and subsequently dying from cancer.
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serviceyears
  • 1898(xsd:integer)
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1878-08-19(xsd:date)
Commands
death place
  • King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London, England
Name
  • William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond
Caption
  • Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond
Birth Place
  • Hougham, Kent, England
Title
  • Indian Air Force
  • Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)
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  • --04-01
  • General Officer Commanding HQ RFC Middle East
  • Officer Commanding Palestine Brigade
  • Officer Commanding No. 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps
  • Officer Commanding Fifth Wing, RFC
  • Commander-in-Chief Air Defence of Great Britain
  • (Post renamed Air Member for Supply and Research in 1923)
  • General Officer Commanding Middle East Brigade
  • RAF Director-General of Supply and Research
  • (Post upgraded to GOC HQ RFC Middle East from October 1917)
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death date
  • 1933-04-27(xsd:date)
Rank
Battles
Years
  • 1926(xsd:integer)
  • 1931(xsd:integer)
  • 1933(xsd:integer)
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  • --01-28
  • October – November 1917
  • December 1917 – February 1922
  • July 1916 – November 1917
  • November 1915 – July 1916
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  • Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Salmond, was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the War, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India. In 1933 Salmond served as Chief of the Air Staff for only a matter of days before being taken ill and subsequently dying from cancer.
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