Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson

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British military officer Marshal of the Royal Air Force Royal Air Force officer air chief marshal human

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson was a senior British air officer who became the first professional head of the United Kingdom's armed forces in the post of Chief of the Defence Staff.

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military officer ⓘ Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force officer ⓘ air chief marshal ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Order of Polonia Restituta NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1898-06-01 ⓘ
birthPlace	Omaha, Nebraska, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfService	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1987-09-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
education	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	tenure as Chief of the Air Staff ended in 1956 ⓘ tenure as Chief of the Defence Staff ended in 1961 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
militaryRank	Air Chief Marshal ⓘ Marshal of the Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnit	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Sir William Dickson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being the first professional head of the United Kingdom armed forces as Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
positionHeld	Air Member for Supply and Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Officer Commanding No. 83 Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ Chief of the Defence Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ Director of Organisation, Air Ministry ⓘ Director of Plans, Air Ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice-Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
promotion	promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1954 ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	tenure as Chief of the Air Staff began in 1953 ⓘ tenure as Chief of the Defence Staff began in 1959 ⓘ

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Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) → firstHolder → Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson ⓘ