Geoffrey Salmond
| Sir Geoffrey Salmond | |
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond in 1920
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| Born |
19 August 1878 Hougham, Kent, England |
| Died | 27 April 1933 (aged 54) King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
British Army (1898–18) Royal Air Force (1918–33) |
| Years of service | 1898–1933 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands held |
Chief of the Air Staff (1933) Air Defence of Great Britain (1931–33) RAF India (1926–31) Air Member for Supply and Research (1922–26) RAF Middle East Area (1917–22) Palestine Brigade RFC (1917) Middle East Brigade RFC (1916–17) 5th Wing RFC (1915–16) No. 1 Squadron RFC (1915) |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (7) Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class (Russia) Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile (Egypt) Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) |
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Salmond, was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India. In 1933 Salmond served as Chief of the Air Staff for only a matter of days before being taken ill and subsequently dying from cancer.
Geoffrey Salmond was born the son of Major General Sir William Salmond and Emma Mary Salmond (née Hoyle). His siblings included a brother, John, and a sister Gwen. He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire before joining the Army.
Salmond joined the British Army, undertaking his officer training at Royal Military Academy Woolwich around 1897. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 June 1898 and saw active service during the Second Boer War. He took part in the relief of Ladysmith and the operations on the Tugela Heights. He received he Queen's Medal and seven clasps, then on 10 November 1900 he was sent to China and gained a medal for the operations during the Boxer Rebellion there. He was seconded to study Japanese on 2 May 1905 and promoted to captain on 2 December 1905. He was then appointed Adjutant with the Royal Field Artillery on 4 February 1908. Then in 1911 he attended the Staff College, Camberley.
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