Spencer Ellerton Alban OBE

Educated privately in Germany, he returned to Britain on the outbreak of WW1 and enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in August 1914, being commissioned in January 1916 and transferring to the RFC later that year. CBE - 1 Jan 1944 (OBE - 3 Jun 1919), MiD - 31 Dec 1918, MiD - 11 Jul 1919. (Army):- (T) 2 Lt: 30 Jan 1916, Lt: 1 Dec 1916, (T) Capt: 19 Dec 1916. (RAF):- Capt: 1 Apr 1918, Act Maj: 25 Apr 1918, Flt Lt: 1 Aug 1919 [1 Apr 1918], Sqn Ldr: 29 May 1929, Wg Cdr: 1 Jan 1936, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1939, Act A/Cdre: 30 Jan 1916: Officer, Coldstream Guards 1 Jun 1916: Assistant Equipment Officer, RFC. 1 Dec 1916: Equipment Officer 2nd Class, HQ RFC. 19 Dec 1916: Equipment Officer 1st Class. 25 Apr 1918: Staff Officer 2nd Class, 24 Apr 1919: Staff Officer 2 Class, HQ Southern Area. 1 Aug 1919: Awarded Permanent Commission as a Captain 15 Jan 1920: Relinquished his Temporary Honorary Commission on ceasing to be employed? 1 Apr 1920: Technical Staff - Spares, HQ Inland Area. 22 Sep 1925: Officer, No 6 Armoured Car Company. 1 Apr 1927: Staff, HQ Armoured Car Wing. 28 Jan 1928: Pilot, No 99 Sqn. 24 Jun 1929: Flight Commander, No 58 Sqn. 24th March 1930 The pilot, S/L Alban Spencer Ellerton, OBE, dangerously injured at Worthy Down following night flight, No.58 Squadron, Vickers Virginia. 5 Aug 1930: Senior Personnel Staff Officer, HQ Wessex Bombing Area 1932: Senior Personnel Staff Officer, HQ Western Area. 1 Feb 1934: Flight Commander, No 10 Sqn. 1 Oct 1935: Staff, Directorate of Personal Services. January 1936 became a Wing Commander 24 Oct 1936: Senior Personnel Staff Officer, HQ British Forces in Iraq. 21 Sep 1938: HQ Training Command 30th June 1939 Group Captain 18 Feb 1941: Group Captain - ?, HQ Flying Training Command. 24 Mar 1942: Officer Commanding, 26 Air School (Pietersburg, South Africa) 4 - 8 Apr 1942 Temporary administrative duties at No 27 Air School 20 Sep 1943: Deputy Director of Personal Services. 1946: Director of Personal Services. 1 Jan 1946: Appointed Additional Air ADC to The King. v 1 Jan 1946 - xx xxx xxxx: Appointed Air ADC to The King 26 Apr 1949: Title of appointment changed to ADC to The King Died in Oxfordshire 2004.

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No.58 Sqn RAF

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26th June 1929

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Virginia

The pilot, S/L Alban Spencer Ellerton, OBE, dangerously injured 24 March 1930 at Worthy Down following night flight, No.58 Squadron, Vickers Virginia. WHITE, Ernest Richard, F/O - Killed He was second pilot. ; 370080 LAC Donald Angus Reich seriously injured; 508749 AC2 Frederick Bernard Palmer uninjured.