AIR CHIEF’S DEATH

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 182, 29 April 1933, Page 11

AIR CHIEF’S DEATH

Sir Geoffrey Salmond’s Brief Term SIR JOHN RESUMES OFFICE Official Wireless. Rugby, April 27. The death occurred to-day of Air Chief Marshall Sir Geoffrey Salmond, Chief of the Air Staff. He had been lying gravely ill for the last few weeks in King Edward VII Hospital for officers, London. _ Sir Geoffrey, who was m his ootn vear, succeeded his younger brother, Air Chief Marshall Sir John Salmond, as Chief of Air Staff on the first of the present month, but throe days later it was announced that, owing to his serious illness, his brother was temporarily to resume those duties. Sir Geoffrey’s career in tiie Air Force was one of great distinction. He had originally entered the Royal Artillery and served in the South African War, including the siege of Ladysmith, and in China, but took his pilot’s certificate in January, 1913, a few months after his younger brother and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. During the war he served first on the Western Front, but later commanded the British Air Forces in the Middle East. From 1931 until be succeeded his brother he was Commander-in-Chk-f of the Air Defences of Great Britain. In 1910 he married Miss Margaret Carr, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Carr, of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk. He leaves one son and three daughters as well as his widow. The Air Council announces that his funeral will be hold on Monday.