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later that year before being given command of the RAF Depot in 1921. He was made Air Officer Commanding
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Arthur Longmore at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
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Grand Cross with Swords of the Royal Order of George I
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463:in 1920 and was appointed Air Officer Commanding
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893:British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949
483:under his leadership) in 1934. He went on to be
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510:. He did not long enjoy the full confidence of
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459:. He obtained a permanent commission in the
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216:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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224:Mentioned in Despatches
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455:he took part in the
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171:RAF College Cranwell
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258:War Cross
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