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  • Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy
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  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as commander of a squadron of Blenheim bombers and then as a station commander during World War II. He became Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1960s and implemented the cancellation of the TSR-2 strike aircraft and the HS681 military transport aircraft programmes. He also became Chief of the Defence Staff in which role he oversaw the evacuation from Aden in November 1967 and the growing crisis in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s.
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy KG, GCB, CBE, DSO, LVO, DFC, AFC (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Greater London between 1973 and 1978. His biography on Wikipedia is at [1]
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serviceyears
  • 1933
Birth Date
  • 1911-03-23
Commands
death place
  • Christchurch, New Zealand
escutcheon
  • Azure, a lion passant per pale Or and Argent between two bars per pale Argent and Or in chief three besants.
Name
  • The Lord Elworthy
Align
  • left
Caption
  • Sir Charles Elworthy
Width
  • 300
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Timaru, New Zealand
Crest
  • A steel cap proper rimmed studded and garnished and with a comb from the rear to the crown Or.
Title
Awards
death date
  • 1993-04-04
Rank
Battles
Years
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1963
  • 1967
  • 1971
  • 1973
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Notes
  • The arms of Charles Elworthy consist of:
Motto
  • Fide et Sedulitate
abstract
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy, (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as commander of a squadron of Blenheim bombers and then as a station commander during World War II. He became Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1960s and implemented the cancellation of the TSR-2 strike aircraft and the HS681 military transport aircraft programmes. He also became Chief of the Defence Staff in which role he oversaw the evacuation from Aden in November 1967 and the growing crisis in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s.
  • Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy KG, GCB, CBE, DSO, LVO, DFC, AFC (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Greater London between 1973 and 1978. His biography on Wikipedia is at [1]
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