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While holding the command of the Middle East, he had laid out an airway from Cairo to South Africa, clearing a chain of aerodromes in Central Africa. His idea was to send a demonstration flight or flights of RAF aircraft across Africa, thus providing the link of which Cecil Rhodes had dreamed in a
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India in December 1926. That month, eight years after producing the flight path from Egypt to India, he boarded Imperial's first planned passenger flight from Croydon to Karachi. In late 1928 and early 1929, he directed the
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for conspicuous ability and devotion to duty when personally directing the work of the Royal Flying Corps during the action. The striking success attained was largely due to his magnificent personal example.
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Salmond died on 27 April 1933 and Sir John carried on his duties as Chief of the Air Staff for several more weeks afterwards. Salmond had a large funeral procession with
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Cape-to-Cairo railway. Salmond contemplated flights by both landplane and flying-boat. He was not destined to put his idea into execution, though his airway was used by
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The action referred to was during the operations in Sinai at the end of 1916. In this command he was responsible for providing air cooperation for General
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on their first flight to South Africa. In 1918, he flew the route from Cairo to Delhi in under two days. He was appointed a Grand Officer of the Egyptian
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after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India. In late 1928 and early 1929, he directed the
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organization which was responsible for British air defences, including both fighters and bombers. He was promoted to
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on 31 August 1913 and then a staff officer at Headquarters Royal Flying Corps in France on 4 August 1914.
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Report on the Air Operations in Afghanistan Between December 12th, 1928, and February 25th, 1929
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From Biplane to Spitfire: the life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond KCB KCMG DSO
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on 1 July 1929. In September 1931, Salmond returned from India to take up command of the
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wrote a biography of Salmond, published in 2003, and is still alive at the age of 110.
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Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939: The Story of Britain's Overseas Airlines
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for only a matter of days before being taken ill and subsequently dying from cancer.
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On 1 April 1933, Air Chief Marshal Salmond took over from his brother John as
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Salmond was awarded a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force as a
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and Emma Mary Salmond (nΓ©e Hoyle). His siblings included a brother,
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on account of his services in the Middle East on 28 June 1919.
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Geoffrey Salmond was born on 19 August 1878 to Major General
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on 2 December 1905. He was then appointed Adjutant with the
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Aviation in the Literature and Culture of Interwar Britain
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Salmond went on to take up the post of Officer Commanding
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Geoffrey (pictured left) with his father and brother John
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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of British embassy staff and others. He was promoted to
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on 18 February 1913, and then joined the reserve of the
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Post renamed Air Member for Supply and Research in 1923
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in August 1919 (shortly afterwards redesignated as an
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in Egypt in November 1916. He was promoted to brevet
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Then in 1911 he attended the 477:In July 1916, Salmond was promoted to temporary 491: 616:In 1910 he married Margaret Carr, daughter of 454:and Salmond and his squadron took part in the 2668:British Army personnel of the Boxer Rebellion 2648:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order 2603:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War 2242: 1961: 1739: 1119:(Supplement). 8 November 1918. p. 13274. 325:of British embassy staff and others, by air. 48:Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond in 1920 8: 1068:(Supplement). 31 January 1919. p. 1760. 247:Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer 1314:(Supplement). 30 December 1932. p. 16. 1173:(Supplement). 8 August 1919. p. 10195. 1137:(Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 91. 2643:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath 2249: 2235: 2227: 1968: 1954: 1946: 1746: 1732: 1724: 1469: 1091:(Revised ed.). Fonthill. p. 84. 652:. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 376:around 1897. He was commissioned into the 42: 31: 2653:Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley 1433:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Leo Cooper. 1155:(Supplement). 4 April 1919. p. 4513. 1050:(Supplement). 2 March 1917. p. 2190. 571:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath 220:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath 2633:Chiefs of the Air Staff (United Kingdom) 1032:(Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5565. 761:"Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond" 601:several months later on 1 January 1933. 435:on 31 July 1913, a staff officer in the 2623:Royal Air Force generals of World War I 1635:Director-General of Supply and Research 1392:, 21 May 2014. 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Hoyle Salmond. 450:the squadron operated over the 374:Royal Military Academy Woolwich 263:Marshal of the Royal Air Force 57:William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond 2598:Royal Field Artillery officers 1332:. 31 March 1933. p. 2194. 1209:. 10 March 1922. p. 2048. 1191:. 1 August 1919. p. 9864. 646:Salmond, Sir Geoffrey (1929). 400:on 2 May 1905 and promoted to 1: 2588:Deaths from cancer in England 1566:Palestine Brigade established 425:Aviator's Certificate no. 421 2628:Royal Air Force air marshals 2618:Military personnel from Kent 2462:Percy Robert Clifford Groves 2194:Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria 2041:Indian Air Force (1950–1955) 1681:Air Defence of Great Britain 1296:. 2 July 1929. p. 4365. 942:. 20 May 1913. p. 3592. 916:. 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Sir Geoffrey Salmond

Hougham, Kent
King Edward VII Hospital for Officers
St. Marylebone
London
British Army
Royal Air Force
Air Chief Marshal
Chief of the Air Staff
Air Defence of Great Britain
RAF India
Air Member for Supply and Research
RAF Middle East Area
Palestine Brigade RFC
Middle East Brigade RFC
5th Wing RFC
No. 1 Squadron RFC
Second Boer War
First World War
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
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class
Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile
Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer
Sir William Salmond
Sir John Salmond
Gwen Salmond

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