Geoffrey Salmond
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933) was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India. In late 1928 and early 1929, he directed the evacuation from Kabul of British embassy staff and others, by air.
Sir Geoffrey Salmond | |
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond in 1920 | |
| Birth name | William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond |
| Born | 19 August 1878 Hougham, Kent, England |
| Died | 27 April 1933 (aged 54) King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, St. Marylebone, London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army (1898–18) Royal Air Force (1918–33) |
| Years of service | 1898–1933 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands held | Chief of the Air Staff (1933) Air Defence of Great Britain (1931–33) RAF India (1926–31) Air Member for Supply and Research (1922–26) RAF Middle East Area (1917–22) Palestine Brigade RFC (1917) Middle East Brigade RFC (1916–17) 5th Wing RFC (1915–16) No. 1 Squadron RFC (1915) |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (7) Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class (Russia) Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile (Egypt) Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) |
| Relations | Major General Sir William Salmond (father) Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond (brother) Gwen Salmond (sister) Anne Baker (daughter) |
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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