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Holt, Felton Vesey CMG (Brigadier General)

Survived unkown date

Birth Date: unkown date (age 45)

Born: Westminster, London, England

Vesey George McKenzie Holt & Mabel Mary Drummond

Marion Edith Dugdale

Home: Westminster, London, England

Enlistment Date: 1915-12-01

Decorations: CMG, DSO, MiD(2)


Distinguished Service OrderMentioned in Dispatches
Service
RAF
Unit
4 Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Rank
Captain
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
Holt was a Lieut. in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry before transferring to the RFC in 1913. Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, was a squadron and wing commander in the RFC-RAF who became a brigadier general in the newly established Royal Air Force (RAF) just before the end of the First World War. He died in a non-military related flying accident at Westhampnett, Sussex, England on 1931-04-23. Holt managed to get out of the aircraft, but his parachute did not open in time.

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