- Henry Cave-Browne-Cave
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name=Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave
lived=1 February 1887 –5 August 1965
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allegiance= flag|United Kingdom
serviceyears=1907–1940
rank=Air Vice-Marshal
branch= air force|United Kingdom
commands=Far East Flight No. 205 Squadron
battles=World War I ,World War II Air Vice-Marshal Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave CB DSO DFC RAF (1 February 1887 –5 August 1965 ) was an engineering officer in theRoyal Naval Air Service duringWorld War I and senior commander in theRoyal Air Force during the 1930s.Henry Cave-Browne-Cave was the son of Sir Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave (1835-1924) (see
Cave-Browne-Cave Baronets for earlier history of the family) and Blanche Matilda Mary Ann Milton. He was the brother ofFrances Cave-Browne-Cave , the mathematician. He was educated atDulwich College in London.World War I
During World War I, Cave-Browne-Cave served in the Royal Naval Air Service, initially as the Engineering Officer at the
Grain Island naval air station and later as thesecond in command of the station. In the summer of 1916, Cave-Browne-Cave was appointed as a squadron commander. He later served as Officer Commanding the Seaplane Station atDunkirk and then as the Officer Commanding the Seaplane Station atMalta .By 1918, Cave-Browne-Cave had risen to the rank of wing commander and on
1 April , when the Royal Naval Air Service merged with theRoyal Flying Corps to form theRoyal Air Force , Cave-Browne-Cave was transferred to the RAF as a lieutenant colonel.Inter-war years
In 1919 Cave-Browne-Cave was awarded a permanent commission in the RAF and reverted to his previous rank of wing commander. He went on to serve in a senior training appointment at
No. 1 School of Technical Training before working as the RAF's Deputy Director of Design.The summer of 1926 saw Cave-Browne-Cave promoted to
group captain and appointed as Deputy Director of Technical Development several months later. He only worked in technical development for several months as in May 1927 he took up the post of Officer Commanding the Far East Flight. The Far East Flight was a newly created unit and it was established to prove that the RAF had the capability to reinforce the more remote parts of theBritish Empire . The Flight, led by Cave-Browne-Cave, departedPlymouth on17 October 1927 and eventually arrived inSingapore on28 February the next year. Cave-Browne-Cave then took the Far East Flight on a flying tour of Australia further demonstrating the increasing reach of British air power. After the Far East Flight returned to Singapore, it was redesignated No. 205 Squadron and Cave-Browne-Cave returned to England as a supernumerary within the headquarters of Coastal Area. [http://www.rafweb.org/Ops_FE.htm] The following summer, Cave-Browne-Cave returned to Singapore, resuming his former command in its upgraded form as No. 205 Squadron. At the start of 1930 he became the Officer Commanding RAF Base Singapore.On
17 January 1939 , when flying out ofRAF Eastchurch , Cave-Browne-Cave was seriously injured in an flying accident which occurred at Butley inSuffolk . His personal assistant,Flying Officer Geoffrey Beavis was killed [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%200213.html] and Cave-Browne-Cave's active career came to an end. [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cave-Browne-Cave.htm]References
* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cave-Browne-Cave.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice-Marshal H M Cave-Browne-Cave]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p21059.htm thePeerage.com - Air Vice Marshal Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave]Notes
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