| 词条 | John Gingell |
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|honorific-prefix = Air Chief Marshal |name = Sir John Gingell |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|GBE|KCB|KCVO}} |image = |imagesize = |alt = |caption = |office = Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod |term_start = 14 January 1985 |term_end = January 1992 |monarch = Elizabeth II |predecessor = Sir David House |successor = Sir Richard Thomas |birth_date= {{birth date|1925|02|03|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= {{death date and age|2009|12|10|1925|02|03|df=yes}} |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Air Force (1943–45, 1951–84) Royal Navy (1945–51) |serviceyears= 1943–84 |rank= Air Chief Marshal |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= Support Command (1980–81) Air Member for Personnel (1978–80) No. 23 Group (1974–75) No. 27 Squadron (1963–65) |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB|KCVO}} (3 February 1925 – 10 December 2009)[1] was a senior Royal Air Force commander. Military careerThe son of Ernest (1895–1981) and Hilda (née Attwood; 1894–1957) Gingell, he was educated at St Boniface's Catholic College, Plymouth. He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in April 1945.[2] A few months later he transferred into the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, serving in the Fleet Air Arm. In 1951 he returned to the Royal Air Force was posted to flying duties on No. 58 Squadron.[2] In 1963 he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 27 Squadron flying Vulcan B2s equipped with Blue Steel missiles and in 1966 he became Deputy Director of the Defence Operations Staff at the Ministry of Defence.[2] He went on to be Military Assistant to Chairman of the Military Committee at NATO Headquarters in 1968, Air Officer Administration at Headquarters RAF Germany in 1970 and Air Officer Commanding No. 23 Group in 1974.[2] After that he became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy) in 1975, Air Member for Personnel in 1978 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Support Command in 1980.[2] His last appointment was as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe in 1981 before he retired in 1984.[2] In retirement Gingell served as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in the Houses of Parliament until 1992.[3] FamilyIn 1949 he married Prudence Johnson; the couple had two sons and a daughter, John, Nicholas and Alexandra.[4][5] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=john-gingell&pid=137339589 |title= John Gingell |work=The Times |date=16 December 2009 |accessdate=25 December 2009}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir John Aiken}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Member for Personnel|years=1978–1980}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Charles Ness}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell profile, rafweb.org; accessed 5 June 2014. 3. ^{{cite journal|date=13 January 1992|title=Lords Sitting of 13 January 1992: Tributes to Sir John Gingell|journal=Hansard|publisher=UK Parliament|location=London|volume= 534 cc1-4|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1992/jan/13/tributes-to-sir-john-gingell}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6874818/Air-Chief-Marshal-Sir-John-Gingell.html|title=Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell obituary|date=23 December 2009|work=Telegraph|accessdate=25 December 2009}} 5. ^Gingell family tree, gingell.com; accessed 5 June 2014. |-{{succession box|title=Commander-in-Chief Support Command| before=Sir Keith Williamson| after=Sir Michael Beavis| years=1980–1981}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Peter Terry}}{{s-ttl|title=Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe|years=1981–1984}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Michael Beavis}} |-{{s-gov}}{{succession box | title=Black Rod | before=Sir David House | after=Sir Richard Thomas | years=1985–1992}} {{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gingell, John}} 11 : 1925 births|2009 deaths|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Fleet Air Arm aviators|Royal Air Force air marshals|Gentlemen Ushers of the Black Rod|People educated at St Boniface's Catholic College|Place of birth missing|British Roman Catholics |
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