Guy Garrod
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| Guy Garrod | |
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| 13 April 1891 – 3 January 1965 | |
 Garrod as the Air Member for Training at his desk at Adastral House, London. |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1914–1948 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Mention in Despatches (2) |
| Other work | Chairman of Malkay Investments Ltd |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Guy Roland Garrod GBE, KCB, MC, DFC (13 April 1891 – 3 January 1965) was a senior UK Royal Air Force officer. Originally commissioned in The Leicestershire Regiment of the British Army in 1914, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. After various appointments of increasing seniority during the 1920s and 1930s, he served as the Air Member for Training at the Air Council from 1940 to 1943, was Allied Air Commander in South East Asia between 1944 and 1945, and served on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations from 1945 to 1948.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ GARROD, Sir Alfred Guy Roland (1891-1965), Air Chief Marshal. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives; King's College London. Retrieved on June 28, 2006.
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Air Member for Training 1940–1943 |
Succeeded by Sir Peter Drummond |
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