| 词条 | Walter Cheshire |
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|name= Sir Walter Cheshire |image= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1907|03|21|df=yes}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1978|12|10|1907|03|21|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_place= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1926–1965 |rank= Air Chief Marshal |branch= {{air force|United Kingdom}} |commands= Air Member for Personnel (1961–65) RAF Malta (1959–61) No. 13 Group (1955–57) RAF Staff College, Andover (1952–53) RAF Gibraltar (1950–52) AHQ Indo China (1945–49) |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (2) |relations= Air Chief Marshal Sir John Cheshire (son) |laterwork= }} Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Graemes Cheshire {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB}} (21 March 1907 – 10 December 1978) was a senior Royal Air Force intelligence officer during the Second World War, and a senior commander in the 1950s and early 1960s. RAF careerEducated at Downing College, Cambridge, Cheshire joined the Royal Air Force in 1926.[1] He served in the Second World War as Chief Intelligence Officer at Headquarters RAF Bomber Command, as Air Attache in Moscow and as Chief Air Intelligence Officer at Headquarters Air Command South East Asia before becoming Air Officer Commanding AHQ Indo China in October 1945.[1] After the war he was made Air Officer Commanding RAF Gibraltar and then Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Andover.[1] He went on to be Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1953, Air Officer Commanding No. 13 Group in 1955 and RAF Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in 1957.[1] Promoted to air marshal,[2] his last roles were as Air Officer Commanding RAF Malta in 1959 and Air Member for Personnel in 1961 before retiring as an air chief marshal in 1965.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Cheshire {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Arthur McDonald}}{{s-ttl|title=Air Member for Personnel|years=1961–1965}}{{s-aft|after=Sir David Lee}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheshire, Walter Graemes}}{{RAF-bio-stub}}2. ^RAF Promotions Flight International, 8 January 1960 7 : 1907 births|1978 deaths|Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire|Royal Air Force air marshals|Royal Air Force personnel of World War II |
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