Birthday Honours 1940
Vice-Marshals. E. L. Gossage
Air Force Cross
• Flying Officer Jack Ethelbert PEBODY (36105)
“for the publication of the names of the following officers and airmen who have been mentioned in despatches by Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief:— Mentions in Despatches.”
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Air Force Cross
for the publication of the names of the following officers and airmen who have been mentioned in despatches by Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief:— Mentions in Despatches.
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Air Force Cross · 1940
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Air Force Cross
Birthday Honours 1940- Role at the time
- Flying Officer Jack Ethelbert PEBODY (36105)
“for the publication of the names of the following officers and airmen who have been mentioned in despatches by Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief:— Mentions in Despatches.”
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Air Force Cross
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Vice-Marshals. E. L. Gossage
Air Force Cross
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Vice-Marshals. E. L. Gossage
Air Force Cross
“for the publication of the names of the following officers and airmen who have been mentioned in despatches by Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief:— Mentions in Despatches.”
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How common is this award?
The Air Force Cross was awarded 10 times in the Birthday Honours List 1940 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Flying Officer Jack Ethelbert PEBODY (36105).
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Air Force Cross in the Birthday Honours 1940
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Commodores. A. J. Capel
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Geoffrey Hill Ambler
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James Milne Robb
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Lieutenants. W. T. Buckle
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R.N. A. M. RUNDLE. Leaders. E. Coleman
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Wtlloughby do Broke
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Air Force Cross · 1940
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1940 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1940.
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