DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
PROMOTION ANNOUNCED. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL & AIR MARSHAL. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Dav. 11.25 a.m.) RUGBY, October 3. The King has approved the promotion of Major-General the Duke of Gloucester to be lieutenant-general (supernumerary to the establishment), with effect from September 17. The “London Gazette” also announces the promotion of the Duke from Air Vice-Marshal to Air Marshal, with effect from the same date. The Duke, who is 41 years of age, has been a soldier since he joined the King’s Rifle Corps at the age of nineteen. He was mentioned in despatches in December, 1940, for his work with the B.E.F. He is a qualified. R.A.F. pilot and is entitled to wear wings.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 October 1941, Page 6
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115DUKE OF GLOUCESTER Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 October 1941, Page 6
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