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Marshal of the Royal Air Force was the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. In peacetime it was held only by the Chief of the Defence Staff on active duty, and by retired chiefs of staff of the RAF, who were promoted to it immediately before retirement. During wartime, it was held by only the most senior officers in the RAF. It was inactivated as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. While surviving Marshals of the RAF retain the rank for life, the highest rank to which officers on active service are promoted is Air Chief Marshal. Image File history File links Marshal of the Royal Air Force insignia As a design, this is Crown copyright. ... Image File history File links Marshal of the Royal Air Force insignia As a design, this is Crown copyright. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ... The Chief of the Defence Staff is a term used for the head of the militaries in a number of nations: Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... An Air Chief Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Chief Marshal is the most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ...

It has a NATO ranking code of OF-10, equivalent to an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy or a Field Marshal in the British Army. The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... Admiral of the Fleet is a supreme naval position that has existed both in historical navies and several modern day navies of the 21st century. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ...

The rank insignia consists of four narrow light blue bands (each on a slightly wider black band) over a light blue band on a broad black band. This is worn on the both the lower sleeves of the tunic or on the shoulders of the flying suit or the casual uniform.

The command flag of a Marshal of the Royal Air Force is an amalgamation of the Air Vice Marshal and Air Marshal command flags. The broad red band in the centre of the flag is 'straddled' by two thin red bands. This command flag is the rarest of all of the command flags used in the RAF. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An Air Vice Marshals sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Vice Marshal is the third most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force today, after the inactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ... This article is about the Royal Air Force rank. ...

Marshals of the Royal Air Force

The following officers have held the rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force (date of promotion in parentheses):

Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (February 3, 1873 - February 10, 1956) was the British Chief of the Air Staff during World War I, and was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force (RAF). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... King Edward VIII King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, King of Ireland Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VIII, (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David), later His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was the second British monarch of the House... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Edward Leonard Ellington (1877-1967) British Air Force leader. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall, GCB OM GCMG CBE AM (1886 - 1963) was a British pilot and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and served as Governor-General of New Zealand between 1941 and 1946. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... RAF Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal (left) and Polish Commander in Chief Władysław Sikorski (right) visit an airbase of the 300th Polish Bomber Squadron in England. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (July 11, 1890 - June 3, 1967) was a signficant British Marshal of the Royal Air Force. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Sholto Douglas (December 23, 1893 - October 29, 1969) was a senior figure in the Royal Air Force up to and during World War II. Born in Hedington, Oxfordshire he was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet (April 13, 1892 - April 5, 1984), commonly known as Bomber Harris, and often, in the RAF, as Butcher Harris, was commander of RAF Bomber Command and later a Marshal of the Royal Air Force during the latter half of World War II. In 1942... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... HRH The Duke of Edinburgh His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, PC, (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark), styled - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (born 10 June 1921), is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... His Royal Highness The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Henry William Frederick Albert Windsor) (31 March 1900 - 10 June 1974), was the third son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary, the brother of King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) and King George VI, and... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

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	Student Officer	OF(D)	OF-1	OF-2	OF-3	OF-4	OF-5	OF-6	OF-7	OF-8	OF-9	OF-10
British commissioned officer ranks The military rank system is a means of categorizing the hierarchy of an armed force. ... Image File history File links Union Flag / Union Jack: Flag of the United Kingdom For more information, see Court of the Lord Lyon, Flags. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...
Royal Navy:	OCdt	Mid	SLt	Lt	Lt Cdr	Cdr	Capt	Cdre	RAdm	VAdm	Adm	Admiral of the Fleet
Royal Marines:	OCdt		2Lt - Lt The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become Commissioned Officers. ... For the fishes called midshipman, see Midshipman fish In the navies of English-speaking countries, a midshipman is a low-ranking commissioned officer, usually the lowest rank. ... A Lieutenant, Junior Grade, is a division officer in the United States Navy. ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... In the Royal Navy, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a lieutenant commander (lieutenant-commander or Lt Cdr in the RN) is a commissioned officer superior to a lieutenant and inferior to a commander. ... Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... The military rank of commodore is used in some navies for officers who command more than one ship, but are not senior enough to be made admirals. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... Admiral is a word from either the Arabic term amir-al-bahr, or the Irish term Ard muirfhear or Ardmurar , both meaning commander of the seas. ... Royal Navy Insignia Admiral of the Fleet is a rank of the British Royal Navy and is the most senior Admiral of the naval service, the equivalent to a Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy. ... The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious forces and a core component of the countrys Rapid Reaction Force. ... Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become Commissioned Officers. ... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... First Lieutenant is a military rank. ...	Capt	Maj	Lt Col	Col	Brig	Maj Gen	Lt Gen	Gen
Army:	OCdt	OD	2Lt - Lt Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Insignia of an 0-4 in the U.S. Armed Forces In the US Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and the British Army, a major is a commissioned officer superior to a captain and inferior to a lieutenant colonel. ... In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Colonel Colonel is a military rank, usually the highest below general grades, and just above Lieutenant Colonel. ... Brigadier is a rank in the British military, Australian Army, New Zealand Army, Canadian Armed Forces and several other Commonwealth armies ranking above Colonel and immediately below Major-General. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ... Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become Commissioned Officers. ... Officer Designature, denoted OD, in the British Army and the British Royal Air Force, is a rank above Officer Cadet (OCdt) and below Second Lieutenant (2Lt). ... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... First Lieutenant is a military rank. ...	Capt	Maj	Lt Col	Col	Brig	Maj Gen	Lt Gen	Gen	Field Marshal
Royal Air Force:	OCdt	OD	PO - FO Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Insignia of an 0-4 in the U.S. Armed Forces In the US Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and the British Army, a major is a commissioned officer superior to a captain and inferior to a lieutenant colonel. ... In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Colonel Colonel is a military rank, usually the highest below general grades, and just above Lieutenant Colonel. ... Brigadier is a rank in the British military, Australian Army, New Zealand Army, Canadian Armed Forces and several other Commonwealth armies ranking above Colonel and immediately below Major-General. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ... Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become Commissioned Officers. ... Officer Designature, denoted OD, in the British Army and the British Royal Air Force, is a rank above Officer Cadet (OCdt) and below Second Lieutenant (2Lt). ... A Pilot Officers sleeve/shoulder insignia Pilot Officer is the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries, ranking only above Acting Pilot Officer and Officer Cadet. ... Flying Officer is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. ...	Flt Lt	Sqn Ldr	Wg Cdr	Gp Capt	ACdre	AVM	AM	ACM	MRAF

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