| 词条 | Harold Lydford |
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| name = Sir Harold Lydford | image = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|05|07|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|09|20|1898|05|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = Brixton, London, England | death_place = Oxfordshire, England | placeofburial = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army (1916–18) Royal Air Force (1918–56) | serviceyears = 1916–56 | rank = Air Marshal | unit = | commands = Home Command (1952–56) No. 18 Group (1950–52) RAF Regiment (1948–50) British Forces Aden (1945–48) No. 28 Group (1944–45) | battles = First World War Second World War | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) | relations = | laterwork = }} Air Marshal Sir Harold Thomas Lydford, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|AFC}} (7 May 1898 – 20 September 1979) was a First World War pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the post-war decade. RAF careerLydford was commissioned into the Special Reserve of the Royal Flying Corps in 1917.[1] He transferred to the Royal Air Force after the war and served as a pilot with No. 208 Squadron in Constantinople.[1] He served in the Second World War as Deputy Director of Organisation and Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry before being appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 28 Group in 1944 and Air Officer Commanding British Forces Aden in March 1945.[1] After the War he served as Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment, Air Officer Commanding No. 18 Group and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Home Command before retiring in 1956.[1] In retirement he became a Director of Electro Mechanisms Limited[2] and Chairman of the Royal Air Forces Association.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Harold Lydford {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}2. ^In Brief Flight International, 28 September 1961 3. ^In Brief Flight International, 6 June 1958 |-{{s-bef|before=John Quinnell}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding No. 28 Group|years=1944–1945}}{{s-aft|after=Andrew MacGregor}} |-{{s-bef|before=Frank McNamara}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding British Forces Aden|years=1945–1948}}{{s-aft|after=Alick Stevens}} |-{{s-bef|before=Alfred Robinson}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment|years=1948–1950}}{{s-aft|after=Stephen Strafford}} |-{{s-bef|before=David Carnegie}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding No. 18 Group|years=1950–1952}}{{s-aft|after=Robert Ragg}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Home Command|years=1952–1956}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Douglas Macfadyen}} |-{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lydford, Harold Thomas}}{{RAF-bio-stub}} 10 : 1898 births|1979 deaths|British Army personnel of World War I|Royal Air Force personnel of World War II|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Commanders of the Legion of Merit|Royal Air Force air marshals|Royal Flying Corps officers |
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