Sturley Simpson

Air Vice Marshal Sturley Philip Simpson, CB, CBE, MC (13 June 1896 – 28 April 1966) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

Sturley Simpson
Air Commodore Simpson, fifth from left, at RAF Coastal Command, Northwood, in March 1942
Born	(1896-06-13)13 June 1896
Died	28 April 1966(1966-04-28) (aged 69)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army (1915–1918) Royal Air Force (1918–1947)
Years of service	1915–1947
Rank	Air vice-marshal
Commands	No. 18 Group (1944–1947) AHQ Gibraltar (1941–1944) RAF Thornaby (1938–1941) No. 4 Squadron (1930–1933)
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches (2) Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) War Cross (Czechoslovakia)

RAF career

Simpson was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915 during the First World War.^[1] Awarded the Military Cross in 1927,^[2] he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 4 Squadron in 1930 and Station Commander at RAF Thornaby in 1938.^[1] During the Second World War he commanded AHQ Gibraltar and then No. 18 Group.^[1] He retired in 1947.^[1]

After the Second World War Simpson was Commandant at Northolt Aerodrome.^[1]