708 FLIGHT

THE FLYING SERVICES IN

THE CORONATION PROCESSION

IN the very forefront of the Queen ' s Procession to Westmins ter Abbey on the day of he r Coronat ion will be H e r Majesty's Honora ry Physicians, Surgeons

and Denta l Surgeons , and one Nurs ing Sister, Royal Air Force . T h e y are :

G/C. M. J. Pigott; A. Cdre. J. C. Neely, C.B.E.; A. Cdre. C. A. Rumball, O.B.E.; A.V-M. W. E. Barnes, C.B.E.; A. Cdre. F. W. P. Dixon, C.B.E.; Air Marshal J. MacC. Kilpatrick, C.B., O.B.E.; Air Commandant R. M. White, R.R.C.; A. V-M. G. A. Ballantyne, C.B.E., D.F.C.

Next in order of procession come the Chaplains and Honorary Chaplains, Royal Air Force :—

Rev. G. W. N. Groves, A.L.C.D.; Rev. P. J. O'Connell, S.T.L.; Rev. J. R. Appleyard; Rev. A. S. Giles, O.B.E., M.A.; Rev. N. F. Porter, L.T., B.A.; Rev. T. M. Jones, O.B.E., B.A.

These in turn will be followed by the Aides-de-Camp, Royal Air Force :—

Air Commandant N. M. Salmon, O.B.E.; G/C. D. S. Radford, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.; G/C. E. D. MacK. Nelson, C.B.; G/C. G. C. Eveleigh, O.B.E.; G/C. B. K. Burnett, D.F.C., A.F.C.; G/C. A. C. Kermode, O.B.E.; G/C. R. L. M. Hall, C.B.E.; G/C. G. A. Walker, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.; G/C. G. D. Stephenson, C.B.E.; A. Cdre. E. N. Lowe, C.B., C.B.E.; A. Cdre. R. C. Mead, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C.; A. Cdre. W. H. Kyle, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.; A. Cdre. F. Crerar, C.B.E.; A. Cdre. F. J. A. Tanner.

After similar representations by the Regular and Territorial Army, the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Women's Royal Naval Service, there will come the Band of the Grenadier Guards and the Corps of Drums of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Then follow these members of the Air Ministry Staff:—

A.V-M. L. J. V. Bates, C.B., C.B.E. A.V-M. Sir Harry Broadhurst, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C.,

A.F.C. A.V-M. W. L. Dawson, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Air Marshal R. O. Jones, C.B., A.F.C. A.V-M. Sir Francis J. W. Mellersh, K.B.E., A.F.C. A.V-M. G. R. Beamish, C.B., C.B.E.

Then, after War Office and Admiralty Staffs, and Senior Officers of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth, come the Deputy Supreme Commander (Air), Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief and Inspector-General:—

Air Marshal Sir Dermot A. Boyle, K.B.E., C.B., A.F.C. Air Marshal L. G. Harvey, C.B. Air Marshal L. F. Pendred, C.B., M.B.E., D.F.C. Air Marshal G. H. Mills, C.B., D.F.C. A.V-M. C. E. N. Guest. C.B., C.B.E. Air Marshal Sir Victor E. Groom, K.B.E., C.B., D.F.C.

m Air Marshal Sir Basil E. Embry, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh W. L. Saunders, K.C.B., K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., M.M.

Air Marshal Sir Alick C. Stevens, K.B.E., C.B. Air Marshal H. T. Lydford, C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C.

Next in order follow General Officers Commanding-in-Chief Home Command, General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District, and Flag Officers Commanding-in-Chief, Home Com­mands; and after them marches the Air Aide-de-Camp—Air Chief Marshal Sir John W. Baker, K.C.B., M.C., D.F.C.— together with Aides-de-Camp General. Thereafter, in three carriages, ride the Marshals of the Royal Air Force. In the first carriage:—

Sir John C. Slessor, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. Sir Arthur T. Harris, Bt., G.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C. The Lord Douglas of Kirdeside, G.C.B., M.C., D.F.C. The Lord Tedder, G.C.B.

In the second carriage : The Viscount Portal of Hungerford, K.G., G.C.B., O.M.,

D.S.O., M.C. Sir Edward L. Ellington, G.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E. Sir John M. Salmond, G.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O.

In the third carriage : Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Viscount Trenchard,

G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. (with Field Marshal The Lord Wilson of Libya, G.C.B., G.B.E.,

D.S.O.). Next in order of procession come the Field Marshals and

Admirals of the Fleet. Then the Air Council Air Members :— Air Marshal Sir John N. Boothman, K.B.E., C.B., D.F.C.,

A.F.C.

Air Chief Marshal Sir William F. Dickson, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C., Chief of the Air Staff, who takes his place in Her Majesty's Pro­cession with General Sir John Harding and Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor.

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Air Marshal Sir Francis J. Fogarty, K.B.E., C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C.

Air Chief Marshal Sir John W. Jones, K.C.B., C.B.E. Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, K.B.E., C.B.,

D.F.C., A.F.C. These officers are followed by the Army Council—Military

Members, the Board of Admiralty—Sea Lords, and the Chiefs of Staff, United Kingdom, of whom one is :—

Air Chief Marshal Sir William F. Dickson, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C.

On the return journey from the Abbey to Buckingham Palace the Procession will be augmented by detachments from the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth and Colonies, and con­tingents of the three Services of the United Kingdom. These additional representations will include detachments from :—

Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force, Malayan Auxiliary Air Force (Fed­eration Section), Malayan Auxiliary Air Force (Singapore Section), Aden Protectorate Levies, Southern Rhodesia Auxiliary Air Force, Southern Rhodesia Women's Military and Air Service, Southern Rhodesia Air Force, Royal Ceylon Air Force, Royal Pakistan Air Force, South African Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve, Royal New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force (Regular and Territorial), Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force Active Reserve, Citizen Air Force, Women's Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service, Royal Canadian Air Force, commanded by W/C. J. V. Watts, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Behind these detachments will follow No. i and No. 2 Regional Bands, Royal Air Force, which precede the main R.A.F. contingent, made up as follows :—

The Officer Commanding the Contingent, A. Cdre. B. C. Yarde, C.B.E. Detachments from: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers, Women's Royal Air Force, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, Royal Air Force Police, Royal Air Force Regiment, Overseas Com­mands, 90 Group, Home Command, Maintenance Command, Trans­port Command, Technical Training Command, Flying Training Command, Coastal Command, Fighter Command, Bomber Command.

Then follow the main Army contingent (which includes the Royal Air Force College Band and Royal Air Force Regiment Band), and a contingent of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, including Naval Aviation—or the Fleet Air Arm (as announced on p. 710, there is to be a reversion to the former title).

Over 4,5CO R.A.F. personnel will line parts of the Coronation route. Most of them will be on the section through Oxford Street, Regent Street and Haymarket, and they will include 127 officers and 3,840 airmen.

From the junction of Portman and Park Streets with Oxford Street, both sides of the route, as far as Oxford Circus, will be lined, in pro­gressive sections, by personnel of Bomber, Fighter, Coastal and Flying Training Commands. Both sides of the major length of Regent Street will be manned by Technical Training Command, with Transport Command at the lower end and Maintenance Command across Piccadilly Circus and into Haymarket. Home Command will line the middle sector of Haymarket, with 90 Group at the lower end.

Bands and Colours will be posirioned as follows: H.Q. Fighter Com­mand Band—Balderton Street (Oxford Circus); Bomber Command Band from Scampton—Woodstock Street (Oxford Street); No. 4 Regional Band from Henlow—east side, Oxford Circus; Halton Apprentices Band, and the Queen's Colour of No. 1 School of Technical Training, with the Apprentices Squadron—New Burlington Place (Regent Street); No. 5 Regional Band from Locking—Piccadilly Circus; Tech­nical Training Command Band from Hednesford—Morris Street (Haymarket).

Eight cadet under-officers and 208 flight cadets of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, will line the north side of Parliament Square, West­minster, and part of the west side.