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The Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment (CG RAF Regt) is the Royal Air Force commander of the RAF Regiment. The post was established in January 1942 immediately prior to the creation of the RAF Regiment. The first two holders of the post were 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. The current incumbent is Air Commodore R W La Forte.
Commandants-general
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[1] 3rd 30 June 1948 Air Vice-Marshal H T Lydford Inspector of Ground Combat Training 4th 26 October 1950 Air Vice-Marshal S C Strafford[2] 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 Inspector of Ground Defence 12th 6 January 1973 Air Vice-Marshal D A Pocock[3] 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[4] Director-General of Security (RAF) 15th 28 April 1979 Air Vice-Marshal H Reed-Purvis[5] Director-General of Security (RAF) 16th 4 August 1983 Air Vice-Marshal J F G Howe[6] Director-General of Security (RAF) 17th 30 August 1985 Air Vice-Marshal D B Leech[7] Director-General of Security (RAF) 18th 15 December 1987 Air Vice-Marshal J H Harris[8] Director-General of Security (RAF) 19th 11 January 1990 Air Vice-Marshal G C Williams[9] Director-General of Security (RAF) 20th 25 January 1991 Air Vice-Marshal D R Hawkins (later named Hawkins-Leth) 21st 8 March 1993 Air Commodore T G Thorn Director of Defence Fire Services The details of some commandants-general in the 1990s and 2000s are missing
Ordinal Date of appointment Rank on appointment Name of officer Other duty ? circa 1998 Air Commodore I McNeil ? circa 2000 Air Commodore R C Moore ? 1 April 2001 Air Commodore N A Bairsto[10] ? January 2003 Air Commodore S Anderton 27th March 2005? Air Commodore P J Drissell[11][12] 28th 2 January 2007 Air Commodore S Abbott[13] Air Officer RAF Police 29th 5 February 2010 Air Commodore R W La Forte[14] References
- ^ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ROBINSON.shtml
- ^ http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Strafford.htm
- ^ http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Pocock_DA.htm
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47231. p. 7369. 3 June 1977. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47835. p. 5988. 8 May 1979. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49434. p. 10182. 2 August 1983. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 50258. p. 12794. 16 September 1985. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51152. p. 15346. 15 December 1987. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 52031. p. 1297. 26 January 1990. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ http://www.rafregt.org.uk/History/RAFRegimentMemorialGardenatNMA/tabid/214/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57220. p. 2669. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/03842F2D_1143_EC82_2E9354529F6416D2.doc
- ^ http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/03842F2D_1143_EC82_2E9354529F6416D2.doc AIR RANK APPOINTMENTS LIST 5/05
- ^ http://www.rafregt.org.uk/RAFRegtAssociation/tabid/53/language/en-GB/Default.aspx
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- Royal Air Force appointments
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