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Thomas Elmhirst
b.15 Dec 1895
d.6 Nov 1982
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  1. Leonard Knight Elmhirst1893 - 1974
  2. Thomas Elmhirst1895 - 1982
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Name Thomas Elmhirst
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Dec 1895
Marriage to Marian Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott
Death[1] 6 Nov 1982
Reference Number? Q7789336?


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Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst, (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 Royal Indian Air Force upon Indian independence in August 1947, in which post 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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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Elmhirst, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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