Robert Groves

Infobox Military Person
name= Robert Marsland Groves
lived= 1880 – 27 May 1921
placeofbirth=Lancashire, England
placeofdeath=Egypt


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allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1899–1920
rank= Air Commodore
branch= Royal Navy, Royal Air Force
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battles= World War I
awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Air Force Cross
Legion of Merit (Officer)
Distinguished Service Medal (United States) [LondonGazette |issue=31691 |date=16 December 1919 |startpage=15614 |supp=x ]
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Air Commodore Robert Marsland Groves CB DSO AFC RAF (born in 1880, died 27 May 1920) was a Royal Navy officer involved with naval aviation during World War I. After transferring to the Royal Air Force in 1918, he served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and held high command in the Middle East. He was killed in a flying accident in 1920 aged 40 whilst serving in Egypt.

Awards and decorations

*22 June 1916 appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order:

"Commander Robert Marsland Groves,. R.N. (Wing Commander, R.N.A.S.). In recognition of his services in command of a Wing of the Royal Naval Air Service at Dunkirk. Commander Groves has by his personal skill as a pilot, and also by his untiring zeal, effected a marked advancement in the general standard of flying on active service. He has on several occasions carried out successful reconnaissances to Ostend under fire, and by his own example has proved the utility and great importance of night flying." [LondonGazette |issue=29635 |date=22 June 1916 |startpage=6211 |supp=x ]

Reference

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/GrovesR.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Commodore R M Groves]

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