Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment

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The Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment (CG RAF Regt) is the

major-generals in the British Army. From 1948 onward, the Commandant-General has been an RAF officer of air rank. These officers all held the rank of air vice-marshal until 1993 when the post was downgraded to air commodore
. In 2022, the position was more upgraded to Air Vice-Marshal with the appoint of AVM Michael Smeath.

Commandants-general

Sources[1][2]
Ordinal Date of appointment Rank on appointment Name of officer Other duty
1st January 1942 Major-General Sir Claude Liardet Director-General of Ground Defences at the Air Ministry
2nd 1945 Major-General A E Robinson[3]
3rd 30 June 1948 Air Vice-Marshal H T Lydford[4] Inspector of Ground Combat Training
4th 26 October 1950 Air Vice-Marshal S C Strafford[5] Inspector of Ground Combat Training
5th 1 October 1952 Air Vice-Marshal Sir Francis Mellersh Inspector of Ground Combat Training
6th 23 September 1954 Air Vice-Marshal B C Yarde Inspector of Ground Defence
7th 12 February 1957 Air Vice-Marshal J L F Fuller-Good Inspector of Ground Defence
8th 1 March 1959 Air Vice-Marshal J H Harris Inspector of Ground Defence
9th 5 August 1961 Air Vice-Marshal E M F Grundy Inspector of Ground Defence
10th 7 January 1963 Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bernard Chacksfield Inspector of Ground Defence
11th 3 May 1968 Air Vice-Marshal B P Young[6] Inspector of Ground Defence
12th 6 January 1973 Air Vice-Marshal D A Pocock[7][8] Inspector of Ground Defence
13th 3 May 1975 Air Vice-Marshal A Griffiths Inspector of Ground Defence – to 1976
Director-General of Security (RAF) – from 1976
14th 28 May 1977 Air Vice-Marshal B G Lock[9] Director-General of Security (RAF)
15th 28 April 1979 Air Vice-Marshal H Reed-Purvis[10] Director-General of Security (RAF)
16th 4 August 1983 Air Vice-Marshal
J F G Howe[11]
 Director-General of Security (RAF)
17th 30 August 1985 Air Vice-Marshal D B Leech[12] Director-General of Security (RAF)
18th 15 December 1987 Air Vice-Marshal J H Harris[13] Director-General of Security (RAF)
19th 11 January 1990 Air Vice-Marshal G C Williams[14] Director-General of Security (RAF)
20th 25 January 1991 Air Vice-Marshal D R Hawkins (later Hawkins-Leth)
21st 8 March 1993 Air Commodore T G Thorn Director of Defence Fire Services
22nd March 1995 Air Commodore I W P McNeil
23rd May 1999 Air Commodore R C Moore
24th 1 April 2001 Air Commodore N A Bairsto[15]
25th January 2003 Air Commodore S Anderton
26th March 2005 Air Commodore P J Drissell[16][17]
27th 2 January 2007 Air Commodore S Abbott[17] Air Officer
RAF Police
28th 5 February 2010 Air Commodore R W La Forte
29th February 2012 Air Commodore N Bray
30th 13 May 2013 Air Commodore
A J Hall
 Air Officer, RAF Police.[18]
31st April 2016 Air Commodore R F J Clifford[19]
32nd May 2019 Air Commodore S M Miller[20]
33rd May 2022 Air Vice-Marshal M J Smeath[21] Head of British Defence Staff, United States
UK Defence Attaché to the USA

References

  1. ^ Barrass, M. B. (2015). "Other RAF Appointments: Commandant-Generals of the RAF Regiment". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ Mackie, Colin (2016). "Royal Air Force Senior Appointments" (PDF). gulabin.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Major-General Alfred E. Robinson". King's Collections Military Archives. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ Barrass, M. B. (2015). "H T Lydford". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  5. ^ Barrass, M. B. (2015). "S C Strafford". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 44580". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 May 1968. p. 5183.
  7. ^ "No. 45873". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 January 1973. p. 374.
  8. ^ Barrass, M. B. (2016). "D A Pocock". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  9. ^ "No. 47231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1977. p. 7369.
  10. ^ "No. 47835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1979. p. 5988.
  11. ^ "No. 49434". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 August 1983. p. 10182.
  12. ^ "No. 50258". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 September 1985. p. 12794.
  13. ^ "No. 51152". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 December 1987. p. 15346.
  14. ^ "No. 52031". The London Gazette. 26 January 1990. p. 1297.
  15. ^ "A History of the Purchase and development of the RAF Regiment Memorial Garden at the National Memorial Arboretum". RAF Regiment Association. 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  16. ^ "No. 57220". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 March 2004. p. 2669.
  17. ^ a b "Air Rank Appointments List 7/06". Royal Air Force. July 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  18. ^ "No. 60543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 June 2013. p. 11992.
  19. ^ "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Senior Appointments". Royal Air Force. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Appointment of Commandant General of the RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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