Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside

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Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a prominent role in British air operations during the Second World War and later served as Chief of the Air Staff.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer ⓘ
Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
appointed Chief of the Air Staff in 1946 ⓘ
authored autobiography "Years of Combat" ⓘ
autobiography "Years of Command" ⓘ
awardReceived Croix de Guerre (France) ⓘ
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
birthDate 1893-12-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Headington, Oxford, England ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1969-10-29 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln College, Oxford ⓘ
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ⓘ
Rugby School ⓘ
familyName Douglas ⓘ
fullName William Sholto Douglas ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Sholto ⓘ
William ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryUnit Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
Royal Field Artillery ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ⓘ
notableFor role in British air operations during the Second World War ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Coastal Command ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) ⓘ
retirement retired from the Royal Air Force in 1948 ⓘ
serviceEnd 1948 ⓘ
serviceNumber British Army and RAF officer service (number not specified) ⓘ
serviceStart 1911 ⓘ

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Baron Douglas of Kirtleside → titleHolder → Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ⓘ
British High Commissioner for Germany → positionHeldBy → Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ⓘ
British High Commissioner for Germany → officeHolderStartTime → Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside – 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside
British High Commissioner for Germany → officeHolderEndTime → Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside – 1949 ⓘ
linked to: Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside