He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS 1915. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 01/05/1916). He served in #3 (Naval) Wing RNAS 1916. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS 1917. He served in #3 (Naval) Squadron 1917. He was appointed as a Flight Commander RNAS (With seniority dated 01/07/1917). He served in #10 (Naval) Squadron 1917. He served in Home Establishment 1918, (Transferred to RAF 1918). He was appointed as a Captain RAF. He served in #210 RAF Squadron 1918. He was appointed as a Squadron Leader RAF. He was appointed as a Wing Commander RAF. He was appointed as a Group Captain RAF. He was appointed as an Air Commodore RAF. He was appointed as an Air Marshall RAF. (He retired in 1953.) (He had 17 victories in the First World War including 1 balloon and 5 planes destroyed.) "This officer has at all times led his patrols with great courage, skill and pertinacity, often engaging superior numbers of hostile aircraft. On 22 July 1917, he engaged, single-handed for half an hour, five enemy scouts which he prevented from carrying out a reconnaissance. On 24 July 1917, with one other pilot, he attacked four enemy aircraft, one of which he drove down completely out of control." DSC citation, London Gazette, 29 August 1917). |