D'Arcy Power (RAF officer)
Air Vice-Marshal D'Arcy Power CBE MC MRCS (2 June 1889 – 26 December 1958) was a British surgeon and Royal Air Force officer. He was the son of Sir D'Arcy Power, also a surgeon.[1][2]
Power followed his father into part-time service in the RAMC in 1911,[3] and during the First World War became a captain and won the Military Cross.[4] He transferred to the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force on the formation of the new service on 1 April 1918[5]—taking a permanent commission as a flight lieutenant in 1920[6]—and ultimately reaching the rank of acting air vice marshal by 1945 when he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[7][8]
References
- ^ "POWER, Air Vice-Marshal D'Arcy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edition, Nov 2012 accessed 23 Oct 2013
- ^ A.V.-M. D'arcy Power (Obituaries) The Times Wednesday, 31 Dec 1958; p. 10; issue 54346; col E
- ^ "No. 28527". The London Gazette. 1 September 1911.
- ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (invalid
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- ^ "No. 31978". The London Gazette. 13 July 1920.
- ^ Ellis, Harold (September 2004). "Power, Sir D'Arcy (1855–1941)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (invalid
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