Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst

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Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst

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Birthplace: Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: November 06, 1982 (86)
Dummer, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Reverend William Heaton Elmhirst and Mary Elmhirst
Husband of Katherine Gordon Elmhirst and Marian Louisa Elmhirst (Montagu-Douglas-Scott)
Father of Caroline Jane Mackie; Roger Thomas Elmhirst and Charles Gordon Elmhirst
Brother of Capt. William Elmhirst; Leonard Knight Elmhirst; Irene Rachel Elmhirst; 2nd Lieut. Ernest Christopher Elmhirst; Edward Elmhirst and 3 others

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About Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Elmhirst

Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst KBE, CB, AFC, DL (15 December 1895 – 6 November 1982) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the newly independent Indian Air Force where he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.

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Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst's Timeline

1895
December 15, 1895
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1932
August 29, 1932
1935
September 4, 1935
1946
March 2, 1946
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1982
November 6, 1982
Age 86
Dummer, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)