Edward Ellington

Marshal of the RAF Sir Edward Ellington

Sir Edward Leonard Ellington , GCB , CMG , CBE (born December 30, 1877 in Kensington , London , † June 13, 1967 in Wandsworth Town, London Borough of Wandsworth ) was a British Marshal of the Royal Air Force , who, among other things, from 1931 to 1933 air member for personnel , between 1933 and 1937 chief of air Staff ( chief of the air Staff ) , and most recently from 1937 to 1939 Inspector General of the air force (Inspector-General of the RAF) was.

Life

Military training and time before the First World War

Ellington graduated after school officer training at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and stepped on 1 September 1897 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Royal Field Artillery , where he on September 1, 1900. Lieutenant (Lieutenant) and on April 27 1904 Hauptmann (Captain) was promoted. After he 1908 Royal Naval War College in Portsmouth graduated, he moved on 24 August 1909 as a staff captain in the War Department ( War Office ) and was there on August 9, 1910 General Staff Officer 3rd

After Ellington on October 1, 1912 with the certificate no. 305 had completed his aeronautical training at the Royal Aero Club , he became Secretary of the Aviation Committee in November 1912 and General Staff Officer 2 in the Department of Military Aviation of the War Ministry on May 8, 1913. On December 17, 1913, he attended the Central Flying School and was transferred to the reserves of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Army Aviation Force of the British Army .

First World War

After his promotion to Major Ellington was at the beginning of World War I on October 5, 1914 Deputy assistive Quartermaster General in the headquarters of the expeditionary force ( British Expeditionary Force ) in France and on March 6, 1915 deputy adjutant and quartermaster general of the 2nd Cavalry Division and took this from Participated in the second Battle of Flanders from April to May 1915 . Because of his merits, he was mentioned in the war report on October 19 and December 9, 1914 ( Mentioned in dispatches ) . In addition, on November 3, 1914, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the French Legion of Honor .

He then served from July 22, 1915 to February 5, 1916 as General Staff Officer 2 in the 2nd Army ( Second Army ) . During this time he was mentioned again in the war report on January 1, 1916. He was General Staff Officer 1 in the office of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff , Field Marshal William Robertson , between February 5, 1916 and January 17, 1917 . As such, he became Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) on June 3, 1916 . From January 14 to November 20, 1917 he was employed as a staff officer in the VIII Corps deployed in France, and during this time he received the Order of St. Stanislaus, Second Class of the Russian Empire, on June 1, 1917 .

Subsequently, Ellington returned to the War Department on November 20, 1917, where he succeeded Sefton Brancker as Deputy Director General and, from January 18, 1918, succeeded John Salmond as Director General of the Department of Military Aviation. In this use he was mentioned again on December 11, 1917 in the war report. Subsequently, on April 10, 1918, he was initially acting general controller for equipment and most recently from August 22, 1918 to April 1, 1919 again as the successor of Sefton Brancker general controller for equipment. On January 1, 1919, he was also Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

Change to the RAF and after the war

On April 1, 1919, Ellington joined the Royal Air Force and was promoted to Major General (Air Vice Marshal) , with the promotion being dated back to the RAF's founding date April 1, 1918. At the same time, he became Director General of the Department for Supply and Research in the War Ministry on April 1, 1919 and held this position until March 1, 1922. During this time he was beaten on June 3, 1919, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and on June 5, 1920 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir" .

After many years of staff and ministry assignments, Ellington took over his first command post on March 1, 1922, succeeding Air Vice Marshal Geoffrey Salmond as Air Officer Commanding of the Air Force in the Middle East (RAF Middle East Command) . In this use he remained until November 5, 1923, after which Air Vice Marshal Oliver Swann took his place. He himself acted as the successor to Air Vice Marshal Philip Game from November 5, 1923 until he was again replaced by Air Vice Marshal Geoffrey Salmond on November 3, 1926 as commander of the Air Force in India (RAF India) . He then disbanded Air Vice Marshal John Frederick Andrews Higgins as Commander of the Air Force in Iraq (RAF Iraq Command) on November 3, 1926 and remained in this position until November 19, 1928, when Air Vice Marshal Robert Brooke-Popham succeeded him. He then stayed at the headquarters of the RAF Iraq Command, beyond plan.

Chief of the Air Staff and Marshal of the Royal Air Force

After his return to Great Britain, Ellington succeeded Air Vice Marshal Francis Rowland Scarlett as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of the Air Defense of Great Britain on February 1, 1929 and held this post until he was on September 26 1931 for the third time Air Marshal Geoffrey Salmond was replaced. During this time he was promoted to Lieutenant General (Air Marshal) himself on July 1, 1929 , and was also Chief Aide-de-camp of King George VI from February 27, 1930 to December 1, 1933 . for the Air Force. He then took over on September 26, 1931 as the successor to Air Vice Marshal Tom Webb-Bowen, the post of Air Member for Personnel and was thus responsible for personnel matters in the Air Force Staff until May 22, 1933. During this time he was promoted to General (Air Chief Marshal) on January 1, 1933 . He was succeeded as Air Member for Personnel on July 31, 1933 Air Vice Marshal Frederick Bowhill .

Ellington even stepped on May 22, 1933, the successor of Marshal of the Royal Air Force John Salmond as Chief of the Air Staff ( Chief of the Air Staff ) and was as such on January 1, 1937 also to Air Marshal ( Marshal of the Royal Air Force ) promoted to the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. On June 3, 1935 he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). He was succeeded as Chief of Air Force Staff on September 1, 1937, Air Chief Marshal Cyrill Newall . Most recently, on September 1, 1937, he succeeded Robert Brooke-Popham, who has meanwhile been promoted to Air Chief Marshal, as Inspector-General of the RAF and held this position until he was replaced by Air Chief Marshal Charles Burnett (officer) on April 4, 1940, shortly before the Battle of Britain began . He finally retired on July 4, 1940.

Web links

• Biography on Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization

predecessor	Office	successor
Sir John Salmond	Chief of the Air Staff 1933-1937	Sir Cyrill Newall