Shirley was commissioned as a Royal Air Force cadet at RAF Cranwell in 1928, and became a pilot in 1930, serving for the Army Cooperation Squadrons until 1936, when he became a Technical Specialist Officer in Signals Communications[1] He served the Second World War as a Signals Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East and then as a Staff Officer in the Directorate of Telecommunications at the Air Ministry.[1] After the war he became deputy director of Signals at the Air Ministry and then Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters Transport Command before becoming Director of Radio Engineering at the Air Ministry in 1950.[1] He went on to be Senior Technical Staff Officer at Headquarters Fighter Command in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command in 1964 before retiring in 1966.[1]
thomas, shirley, officer, vice, marshal, thomas, ulric, curzon, shirley, ceng, fraes, fiee, june, 1908, january, 1982, royal, force, officer, served, officer, commanding, chief, signals, command, from, 1964, until, 1966, thomas, shirleyborn, 1908, june, 1908di. Air Vice Marshal Sir Thomas Ulric Curzon Shirley KBE CB CEng FRAeS FIEE 4 June 1908 16 January 1982 was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding in Chief Signals Command from 1964 until 1966 Sir Thomas ShirleyBorn 1908 06 04 4 June 1908Died16 January 1982 1982 01 16 aged 73 AllegianceUnited KingdomService wbr branchRoyal Air ForceYears of service1928 66RankAir Vice MarshalCommands heldSignals Command 1964 66 RAF Technical College 1957 59 Battles warsSecond World WarAwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British EmpireCompanion of the Order of the BathMentioned in DespatchesRAF career editShirley was commissioned as a Royal Air Force cadet at RAF Cranwell in 1928 and became a pilot in 1930 serving for the Army Cooperation Squadrons until 1936 when he became a Technical Specialist Officer in Signals Communications 1 He served the Second World War as a Signals Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East and then as a Staff Officer in the Directorate of Telecommunications at the Air Ministry 1 After the war he became deputy director of Signals at the Air Ministry and then Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters Transport Command before becoming Director of Radio Engineering at the Air Ministry in 1950 1 He went on to be Senior Technical Staff Officer at Headquarters Fighter Command in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding in Chief at Signals Command in 1964 before retiring in 1966 1 Personal life editHe married Vera Overton 2 References edit a b c d Air of Authority A History of RAF Organisation Air Vice Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley Obituary Lady Vera Shirley Lincolnshire Echo 7 February 2007 Military officesPreceded bySir Walter Pretty Air Officer Commanding in Chief Signals Command1964 1966 Succeeded bySir Benjamin Ball nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the Royal Air Force is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Shirley RAF officer amp oldid 1173179969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
