He entered Sandhurst after leaving Bedford School. 1936 he was one of three officers representing the Air Council at the funeral of "The Governor-General's Constitutional Discretions: An Essay towards a Re-Definition". A. Bermudez Press Officer, Air Marshal Association (202) 805-3803 press@airmarshal.org The wooden cases containing the bombs were burnt, and some of them were charred to a cinder." Paris, for a further six squadrons to be sent to France. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. McLean (2006), pp. 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. Marshal of the RAF The Lord Newall of Clifton upon Dunsmoor Cyril Louis Norton b: 15 Feb 1886 r: 24 Oct 1940 d: 30 Nov 1963
In this, he was a supporter of the standard doctrine of the day, which suggested that the destructive power of a bomber force was sufficiently great that it could cripple an industrial economy in short order, and that so merely its During 1936 and 1937, the Air Staff had been fighting with the Cabinet over the rearmament plans; the Air Staff wanted a substantial bomber force and only minor increases in fighters, whilst the Minister for Defence Co-ordination, Sir Newall was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1938 Birthday Honours.Following the end of the Battle of Britain, Newall was quickly forced into retirement and replaced as Chief of the Air Staff by Sir Newall (shown centre) as Governor-General of New Zealand.Politically, he had a lukewarm relationship with the Prime Minister, A second conflict emerged just before the end of his term, when in 1945, the Following his return from New Zealand in 1946, Newall was raised to the peerage as Orange, Vincent (2004). 83–104. On 12 September 1914, he was given the temporary rank of On taking command of the squadron, he chose to stop flying personally in order to concentrate on administration, a decision which was regarded dismissively by his men; relations were strained until January 1916, when he demonstrated his courage by walking into a burning bomb store to try to control the fire. He is standing next to Prince Albert, the future Newall was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force as a lieutenant colonel on 1 August 1919Philosophically, Newall remained a close follower of Trenchard during the interwar period; his time in the Independent Bombing Force had left him convinced that strategic bombing was an exceptionally powerful weapon, and one that could not effectively be defended against.

"A Political Intrigue Against the Chief of the Air Staff: The Downfall of Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall". 66–104. he was responsible for requesting Dowding to delay his retirement at the critical point of the start of the Battle of Britain and was also responsible for persuading the Cabinet not to accede to a request from Churchill, then in

Learning to fly in 1911 (RAeC Certificate No 144On 28 January 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. "Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall". Ritchie, Sebastian (1998). pp. "The French Navy and the Appeasement of Italy, 1937-9". On the outbreak of war, Newall was in England. He was awarded the Newall was awarded the Croix d'Officier of the French Newall (far left) at a dinner in honour of the Independent Air Force, 1919. Digital object identifier: Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. HM King George V.  As CAS, Major Newall at once took all necessary precautions, and then, assisted by Air Mechanic Simms, poured water into the shed through a hole made by the flames. LONDON, Nov. 30--Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Newall, Chief of Air Staff during the crucial months of the Battle of Britain in 1940, died here today. 312–3; Quentin-Baxter, R. Q.

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. pp. Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall was Chief of Air Staff (1937-40) and Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1940, before being appointed Governor-General of New Zealand in 1941. He served in staff positions through the 1920s and was Air Officer Commanding the Newall was born to Lieutenant-Colonel William Potter Newall and Edith Gwendoline Caroline Newall (née Norton).


After education at Bedford School, he attended the Newall began to turn towards a career in aviation in 1911, when he learned to fly in a "On the 3rd January, 1916, at about 3 pm, a fire broke out inside a large bomb store belonging to the Royal Flying Corps, which contained nearly 2,000 high explosive bombs, some of which had very large charges, and a number of incendiary bombs which were burning freely. p. 289.Salerno, Reynolds M. (February 1997). He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on the Western Front. 245–6; Quentin-Baxter (1979), pp. He sent for the key of the store, and with Corporal Hearne, Harwood and Simms entered the building and succeeded in putting out the flames. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years when he served in Turkey, Great Britain and the Far East. (1979).