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  • Thomas Elmhirst
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  • Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst (15 December 1895 – 6 November 1982) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the newly independent Indian Air Force where he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.
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serviceyears
  • c. 1913–1950
Birth Date
  • 1895-12-15
Name
  • Sir Thomas Elmhirst
Birth Place
  • Yorkshire, England
Title
Awards
death date
  • 1982-11-06
Rank
Battles
  • World War I
  • World War II
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Years
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1953
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  • Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst (15 December 1895 – 6 November 1982) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the newly independent Indian Air Force where he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.
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