Lieutenant-Colonel and Wing Commander George Marshall Griffith (1877–1946) was an early aviator in the Royal Flying Corps.[1][2] He began his military career in the Royal Artillery but, having obtained his Aviator's Certificate in 1913, became a senior officer in the Royal Flying Corps and Director of Aviation in 1917 during World War I.[1][2][3][4][5] He was later appointed Commandant of the Royal Flying Corps in India.[6]
George Marshall Griffith | |
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| Born | 1877 Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | 1946 Brighton, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army Royal Air Force |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel Wing Commander |
| Commands | Commandant of the Royal Flying Corps in India |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
Life
editGeorge Marshall Griffith was born in 1877 and educated at Bedford Modern School where he was in the first XI in 1894 and 1895.[4]
Griffith became a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1900, and was a Captain in 1913.[7] He joined the Royal Flying Corps almost at its inception where he was awarded his Aviator's Certificate on 3 June 1913.[1][8][9] Griffith was made Deputy Assistant Director of the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, Director of Aviation in 1917, and relinquished his role as Wing Commander to return to the Army in 1920.[10][11][12] Griffith was subsequently made Commandant of the Royal Flying Corps in India.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
George Marshall Griffith died in Brighton, England, in 1946.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Philpott, Ian (9 December 2013). The Birth of the Royal Air Force. ISBN 9781781593332.
- ^ a b c The London Gazette, 10 May 1918, Issue 30678, p.5608
- ^ a b "Aeronautics". 1916.
- ^ a b c "Community: Bedford Modern School - List of Old Bedford Modernians serving in HM Forces 1914 - 1918. | Lives of the First World War". Livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b The London Gazette, 18 September 1917, Issue 30295, p.9735
- ^ a b Michels, John (1918). "Science".
- ^ The London Gazette, 18 May 1900, Issue 27193, p.3145
- ^ "1913 Aviators Certificates - UK - Graces Guide".
- ^ "Catalogue description Medal card of Griffith, George Marshall Corps: Royal Flying Corps Rank".
- ^ Supplement To The London Gazette, 7 April, 1915, Issue 29120, p. 3413
- ^ Supplement To The London Gazette, 20 December, 1915, Issue 29408, p. 12666
- ^ The London Gazette, 9 January 1920, Issue 31724, p.336
- ^ British Army, Royal Artillery officer deaths, 1850-2011