Marshal Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall, GCB OM GCMG CBE AM

Cyril Louis Norton Newall was born on 15 February 1886, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Potter Newall of the Indian Army. He was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1905 he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served in the Zakkha Khel Expedition in 1908. In the following year he transferred to the 2nd (King Edward's Own) Gurkhas, with whom he remained until 1914 when he joined the Royal Flying Corps. He served in the First World War, being mentioned in dispatches three times and was awarded the Albert Medal (first class) and, also, the C.B.E. In 1919 he was transferred to the Royal Air Force. Source: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall, GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, AM (15 February 1886 – 30 November 1963) was a senior officer of the British Army and Royal Air Force. He commanded units of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in the First World War, and served as Chief of the Air Staff during the first years of the Second World War. From 1941 to 1946 he was the Governor-General of New Zealand. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Newall,_1st_Baron_Newall

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1. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 'NEWALL, First Baron; Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., C.B.E., A.M., K.St.J.', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/newall-first-baron-marshal-of-the-... (accessed 02 Nov 2021)
2. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Newall,_1st_Baron_Newall