Walter Cheshire
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1907-1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter Graemes Cheshire, GBE, KCB (21 March 1907 – 10 December 1978) was a senior Royal Air Force intelligence officer during the Second World War, and a senior commander in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Sir Walter Cheshire | |
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Born | (1907-03-21)21 March 1907 |
Died | 10 December 1978(1978-12-10) (aged 71) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1926–1965 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands held | Air Member for Personnel (1961–65) RAF Malta (1959–61) No. 13 Group (1955–57) RAF Staff College, Andover (1952–53) RAF Gibraltar (1950–52) AHQ Indo China (1945–49) |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
Relations | Air Chief Marshal Sir John Cheshire (son) |
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