Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside

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British peer Royal Air Force officer human military commander

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside canonical	2
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside – 1947	1
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside – 1949	1

Statements (46)

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" NERFINISHED ⓘ autobiography "Years of Command" NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Croix de Guerre (France) NERFINISHED ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ
birthDate	1893-12-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	Headington, Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1969-10-29 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
educatedAt	Lincoln College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Military Academy, Woolwich NERFINISHED ⓘ Rugby School NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	William Sholto Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Sholto NERFINISHED ⓘ William ⓘ
honorificTitle	1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank	Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryUnit	Royal Air Force Fighter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Field Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Douglas of Kirtleside NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	role in British air operations during the Second World War ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of the Air Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander-in-Chief Coastal Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command (RAF) NERFINISHED ⓘ
retirement	retired from the Royal Air Force in 1948 ⓘ
serviceEnd	1948 ⓘ
serviceNumber	British Army and RAF officer service (number not specified) ⓘ
serviceStart	1911 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside – 1947

British High Commissioner for Germany → officeHolderEndTime → Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside – 1949