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Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933) was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India.
Borton had discussed the implications of the idea with his superior, Major General Geoffrey Salmond, who commanded the RAF in the Middle East. With the war nearing an end, Salmond was beginning to imagine peacetime air routes stretching from England to India, Australia and Africa, all via the Middle East.
Major General Geoffrey Salmond, commanding the RAF in the Middle East, called it ‘a new type of warfare’. (PDF) 'A new type of warfare’: Re-examining Megiddo as an Air Land Battle | John Alexander - Academia.edu
- John Alexander
Sir Charles Orr's Memoirs. Geoffrey Salmond joined the British Army, undertaking his officer training at Royal Military Academy Woolwich around 1897. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 23 June 1898 and saw active service during the Second Boer War. He took part in the relief of Ladysmith and the operations on the Tugela Heights.
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, KCB, KCMG, DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933) was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and India.
25 Sep 1931: AOC in C, Air Defence of Great Britain. 1 Apr 1933: Chief of the Air Staff. Geoffrey Salmond and his younger brother, John, were destined to become the only two brothers to both hold the top post in the RAF. Although older than his brother, he was always slightly behind him in the promotion stakes in the RFC/RAF.
Salmond was succeeded by his older brother, Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond. However, only 27 days later, Geoffrey Salmond died and John Salmond was temporarily re-appointed as Chief of the Air Staff. He stood down for the second and final time on 22 May 1933. Later years MRAF Sir John Salmond
