| Francis Rowland Scarlett | |
|---|---|
 Air Commodore Scarlett | |
| Born | May 18, 1875 |
| Died | April 15, 1934 (aged 58) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | c. 1891–1931 |
| Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Commands held |
No. 12 Group No. 1 School of Technical Training Coastal Area Air Defence of Great Britain Fighting Area RAF Middle East |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "wikitext"). |
Air Vice-Marshal Francis Rowland Scarlett CB, DSO, RAF (18 May 1875 - 15 April 1934) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
Early and family life[]
Francis Rowland Scarlett was born on 18 May 1875, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel William James Scarlett. At the age of 29 he married Dora Blakiston-Houston, the daughter of John Blakiston-Houston,[1] an Irish Unionist Party politician.
Military career[]
Scarlett joined the Royal Navy in (or around) 1891 and in April 1913 he attended the Central Flying School, being awarded his Aviator's Certificate no. 468 on 4 April 1913.[2] He served in World War I as the Inspecting Captain of Aircraft, of Air Stations and then of Air Training, gaining a promotion to wing captain at the close of 1915.[2] In February 1916 he became Commander of all Royal Naval Air Service units in the Eastern Mediterranean and in May 1919 he was given command of No. 12 Group.[2] He was created a Commander of the Greek Order of the Redeemer.[3]
In December 1919 became was made Officer Commanding the No. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton and on 22 January 1920, he was awarded a permanent commission in the RAF.[2] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Coastal Area in 1924, Air Officer Commanding Air Defence of Great Britain (on a temporary basis) in 1928 and Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area in January 1929.[2] His last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding Middle East Command in October 1929 before he retired in the rank of Air Vice Marshal in December 1931.[2]
References[]
- ↑ The Peerage.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice-Marshal F R Scarlett
- ↑ Smith, Gordon (29 December 2010). "FOREIGN DECORATIONS AWARDED TO ROYAL NAVY, London Gazette editions January 1918-December 1920". Naval-History.Net. http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishLGDecorations1918Foreign.htm. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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