| 词条 | Eugene Gerrard |
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|name= Eugene Louis Gerrard |image= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1881|07|14|df=yes}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1963|02|07|1881|07|14|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |serviceyears= 1900–29 |rank= Air Commodore |branch= Royal Marines (1900–18) Royal Air Force (1918–29) |unit= |commands= No. 1 Air Defence Group (1927–29) Palestine Command (1924–27) No. 1 Group (1922–24) Mediterranean Group (1920–21) South-West Group RNAS (1917–18) RNAS Eastbourne (1916–17) No. 2 Squadron RNAS (1914–15) No. 1 Squadron RNAS (1914) |battles= First World War |awards= Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) |relations= |laterwork= }} Air Commodore Eugene Louis Gerrard, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CMG|DSO}} (14 July 1881 – 7 February 1963) was an officer in the Royal Marines and Royal Air Force. Gerrard was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1900 and served on {{HMS|Hermione|1893|6}}, {{HMS|Defiance|shore establishment 1884|6}}, {{HMS|Spartiate|1898|6}}, {{HMS|Dido|1896|6}}, {{HMS|Prince of Wales|1902|}} and {{HMS|Vindictive|1897|6}}. In 1911, Gerrard was one of the first four officers chosen by the Admiralty for flying training conducted under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club – he was awarded certificate #76. Gerrard then served as a squadron commander in the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and was posted as a flight commander to the Central Flying School. Whilst at the Central Flying School, Gerrard set two records for flying at high altitude with passengers. On the first occasion, he flew to 10,000 feet with Major Hugh Trenchard. Later, Gerrard flew to 8,400 feet with two passengers. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Gerrard took up command of No. 1 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service. One of his first acts was to attack the Düsseldorf Airship Sheds in a B.E.2a. Later in the war, Gerrard was appointed as the commander of an RNAS wing in the eastern Mediterranean where he gained the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership. References
|-{{s-bef|before=Oliver Swann}}{{s-ttl|title=Officer Commanding Mediterranean Group|years=1920–1921}}{{s-aft|after=Charles Rumney Samson}} |-{{s-bef|before=Hugh Dowding}}{{s-ttl|title=Officer Commanding No. 1 Group|years=1922–1924}}{{s-aft|after=Robert Gordon}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Henry Tudor}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding Palestine Command Command renamed HQ Transjordan and Palestine in 1926||years=1924–1927}}{{s-aft|after=unknown}} |-{{s-vac|last=Philip Herbert in 1926|reason=No. 1 Group recreated from the Air Defence Group previously commanded by John Hearson}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Air Defence Group|years=1927–1929}}{{s-aft|after=William Foster}} |-{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerrard, Eugene}} 6 : Royal Marines officers|Royal Air Force generals of World War I|1881 births|1963 deaths|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order |
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