John Tremayne Babington

John Tremayne Babington
Air Commodore Babington
Born	20 July 1891
Died	20 March 1979 (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy Royal Air Force
Years of service	1908–1944
Rank	Air Marshal
Commands held	RAF Gosport RAF Halton No. 24 Group RAF Far East Command RAF Technical Training Command
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order

Air Marshal Sir John Tremayne Babington KCB, CBE, DSO, RAF (20 July 1891 – 20 March 1979) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. In 1944, he retired and the following year he renounced his surname for Tremayne, thus becoming Sir John Tremayne Tremayne.

RAF career

Babington was commissioned as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy in 1908.^[1] During World War I, Babington was a member of the Royal Naval Air Service. He participated in the air raid on the Friedrichshaven Airship Factory, Germany on 21 November 1914.^[1] On 2 January 1920, Babington was removed from the Navy List and awarded a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force.^[1] He was appointed Station Commander at RAF Gosport in 1927 and went on to be a Station Commander in Iraq in January 1929 before becoming British Air Representative to the League of Nations in November 1929.^[1] He became Station Commander of RAF Halton and Commandant, No. 1 School of Technical Training in 1934, Air Officer Commanding No. 24 Group in 1936 and Air Officer Commanding, RAF Far East Command in 1938.^[1]

He served in World War II as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Technical Training Command and then Head of RAF Mission in Moscow^[2] before retiring in 1944.^[1]

In retirement served as High Sheriff of Cornwall.^[1]

Honours and awards

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath - 11 Jun 1942 (CB - 2 Jan 1939)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire - 4 Jun 1934
Distinguished Service Order – 1 Jan 1915
Commander of the Legion of Honour - 19 May 1916
Deputy Lieutenant (Cornwall) - 1945
High Sheriff (Cornwall) - 1954

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Marshal Sir John Babington". rafweb.org. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/BabingtonJ.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
^ Service Aviation Flight International, 24 June 1943

Military offices
Preceded by N D K MacEwen	Commandant, No. 1 School of Technical Training 27 December 1934–9 July 1936	Succeeded by G R M Reid
Preceded by Sir William Welsh	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Technical Training Command 1941 – 1943	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Barratt

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Name	Babington, John Tremayne
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Date of birth	20 July 1891
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Date of death	20 March 1979
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