Welsh, William Lawrie
- Date of birth:
- February 10th, 1881 (Biggleswade/Bedfordshire, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- January 2nd, 1962 (Farmington/Connecticut, United States)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 12th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Squadron Leader
- Unit:
- No. 17 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
- Awarded on:
- April 26th, 1918
Officier in de Kroonorde
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- February 8th, 1919
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- February 8th, 1919
With palm
- Rank:
- Squadron Leader
- Unit:
- No. 216 Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1920
- Awarded on:
- February 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- HQ, RAF Technical Training Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1941
HM Birthday Honours
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1943
Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- RAF Mission to Washington D.C., HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- April 11th, 1944
In the function of head of this delegation
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Air Marshal
- Unit:
- RAF Mission to Washington D.C., HQ, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 15th, 1946
In the function of head of this delegation
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- RAF Eastern Air Command, HQ, Royal Air Force
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: RAF (CC Attribution 3.0)
- - Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36183/supplement/4248/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37501/supplement/1379
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31974/supplement/7422/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30654/supplement/5059/data.pdf
- Flight Global 1917
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