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Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 562.
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Elmhirst married firstly Katherine Gordon Black, daughter of William Black, on 16 December 1930, and had two children before Katherine's death in 1965:
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Christopher "Christie" Elmhirst (1895–1915), killed on 7 August 1915 while serving with the 8th Battalion
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where he served until the end of the First World War. He celebrated the armistice by flying an airship (SSZ73) under the
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Thomas Elmhirst was born on 15 December 1895 to Reverend William Heaton Elmhirst (b. 1856) and Mary Elmhirst (
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on her inaugural tour of the island as the new monarch. He held the post for five years, retiring in 1958.
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as his passenger. By 1917, he was promoted to flight lieutenant and by March 1918 to major, commanding the
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After the war Elmhirst was appointed as the Commander of the RAF in India. As independence approached,
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following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
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Captain William Elmhirst (1892–1916), killed on 13 November 1916 while serving with the 8th Battalion
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Redesignated as Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force in January 1950, after India became a republic
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upon Indian independence in August 1947, in which post he organised the funeral of
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Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
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to Turkey in the run up to the Second World War. In January 1940 returned to the
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in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the
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before it sank. In 1915 he was selected to be in the first draft of the
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Caroline Jane Elmhirst (b. 1932), who married Michael Frazer Mackie
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and the advance across the France and Germany. Finally he became
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as the ship took part in the initial bombardment of the Turkish
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Chief of Defence Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
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Redesignated from Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force
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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

Sir Thomas Elmhirst
Yorkshire
Dummer, Hampshire
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Air Marshal
Royal Indian Air Force
AHQ Egypt
No. 202 Group
RAF Abingdon
RAF Leconfield
No. 14 Squadron
First World War
Second World War
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross
Knight of the Order of St John
Mentioned in Despatches
Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown
Croix de Guerre
Commander of the Legion of Merit
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre
Marian Ferguson
Leonard Knight Elmhirst
Air Marshal
KBE
CB
AFC

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