| Guy Garrod | |
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Garrod as the Air Member for Training at his desk at Adastral House, London. |
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| Born | 13 April 1891 |
| Died | 3 January 1965 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1914–1948 |
| Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands held | Mediterranean and Middle East |
| 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 (3) |
| 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 British Royal Air Force officer.
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He was born the third eldest son of Herbert Baring Garrod, barrister-at-law and educated at Bradfield College and University College, Oxford.[1] Garrod was originally commissioned into The Leicestershire Regiment of the British Army in 1914 and only transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915.[2] His younger brother Roland Perceval Garrod was killed in action the same year.[3] Garrod was given the Temporary rank of Major in the newly formed Royal Air Force in April 1918.[1] He joined the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College in 1923 and then became Chief Instructor at Oxford University Air Squadron in 1928 before moving to RAF Headquarters in Iraq in 1931.[2] He was made Deputy Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry in 1934 and Air Officer Commanding the Armament Group in 1937.[2]
He served in World War II initially as Director of Equipment at the Air Ministry and then as Air Member for Training from 1940.[2] He continued his war service as Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India from May 1943 and as Deputy Allied Air Commander-in-Chief and then Allied Air Commander-in-Chief at South East Asia Command from October 1943.[2] In March 1945 he was appointed RAF Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean and Middle East.[2]
After the War he was made Permanent RAF Representative on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations and then Head of the RAF delegation to Washington D. C. from 1946 until he retired in 1948.[2]
In 1918 he married Cicely Evelyn Bray. Following the death of his first wife in 1960, he married Doris Eleanor Baker in 1961.[1][4]
| Military offices | ||
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| New title Post established
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Air Member for Training 1940–1943 |
Succeeded by Sir Peter Drummond |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Peirse |
Commander-in-Chief, Air Forces in India 1943–1944 |
Succeeded by Meredith Thomas |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Peirse |
Commander-in-Chief Air Command South-East Asia Temporary appointment 26 November 1944 – 25 February 1945 |
Succeeded by Sir Keith Park |
| Preceded by Sir John Slessor |
Commander-in-Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East March 1945–August 1945 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Medhurst |