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[[Air Chief Marshal]] '''Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB|MC}} (19 August 1902 – 12 August 1972) was a senior commander in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the middle of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowe |first=M. W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Y64EAAAQBAJ&dq=Claude+Bernard+Raymond+Pelly&pg=PA262 |title=J. L. Austin: Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence Officer |date=2023 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-870758-5 |pages=262 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Air Chief Marshal]] '''Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly''' [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]], [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Military Cross|MC]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]], [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] (19 August 1902–12 August 1972) was a senior commander in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the middle of the 20th century.


==RAF career==
==RAF career==
Claude Pelly started his Air Force career at the [[RAF College Cranwell]] in 1920.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%200347.html New Air Chief Marshals] Flight International, 15 March 1957</ref> In 1931 he was deployed to Iraq where he became Air Liaison Officer earning the [[Military Cross|MC]] ''"for distinguished service rendered in the field in connection with military operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq during the period December 1931 to June 1932."''<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=33984|supp=|startpage=6426|date=6 October 1933|accessdate=2011-01-01}}</ref> He served in [[World War II]] initially as Head of Intelligence at Headquarters Air Component of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] and then as Senior Air Service Officer for the [[Desert Air Force]].<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Pelly.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Pelly]</ref>
Claude Pelly started his Air Force career at the [[RAF College Cranwell]] in 1920.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%200347.html New Air Chief Marshals] Flight International, 15 March 1957</ref> In 1931 he was deployed to [[Iraq]] where he became [[Air Liaison Officer]] earning the [[Military Cross]] "for distinguished service rendered in the field in connection with military operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq during the period December 1931 to June 1932."<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33984|page=6426|date=6 October 1933}}</ref> He served in [[World War II]] initially as Head of Intelligence at Headquarters Air Component of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] and then as Senior Air Staff Officer for the [[Desert Air Force]].<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Pelly.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Pelly]</ref>


After the War he became Commandant of the [[Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment]] and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical/Operational Requirements) before joining the Directing Staff at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] in 1951.<ref name=air/> He went on to be Commander-in-Chief [[Near East Air Force (Royal Air Force)|RAF Middle East Air Force]] in 1953 and [[Controller Aircraft|Controller of Aircraft]] at the [[Ministry of Supply]] in 1956.<ref name=air/> Pelly was appointed [[Aide-de-camp]] to [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] in 1957 and retired as an [[air chief marshal]] in 1959.<ref name=air/>
In 1957 Pelly was appointed as [[Aide-de-camp]] to the Queen.


Pelly retired from the RAF in 1959 as an Air Chief Marshal, and was appointed a member of the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority]] on 1 January 1960.
In retirement he was a Board Member of the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority]] from 1960 to 1964.<ref name=air/>


==Family==
==Family==
In 1930 he married Margaret Ogilvie Spencer; they had three sons and one daughter.<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p40036.htm#i400357 The Peerage.com - Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly]</ref>
In 1930 he married Margaret Ogilvie Spencer; they had three sons and one daughter.<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p40036.htm#i400357 The Peerage.com – Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly]</ref>


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==Awards and decorations==
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*[[Military Cross]] - 1933
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*[[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] - 1943
*[[Order of George I|Commander Royal Order of George I]] - 1946
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*[[Order of the Bath|Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB)]] - 1950
*[[Order of the Bath|Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)]] - 1954
*[[Order of the British Empire|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)]] - 1956


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{{Pelly family tree}}
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 23 June 2024

Claude Pelly
Air Marshal Pelly (centre) with Air Marshal Hardman (left) and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (right) at a ceremonial parade for No. 78 Wing RAAF on its departure from garrison duty on Malta, 1954
Born(1902-08-19)19 August 1902
Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Died12 August 1972(1972-08-12) (aged 69)
Deben, Suffolk, England
AllegianceVereinigtes Königreich
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1920–1959
RankAir chief marshal
CommandsRAF Middle East Air Force (1953–56)
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (1946–48)
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross
Mentioned in dispatches (3)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly, GBE, KCB, MC (19 August 1902 – 12 August 1972) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the middle of the 20th century.[1]

RAF career

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Claude Pelly started his Air Force career at the RAF College Cranwell in 1920.[2] In 1931 he was deployed to Iraq where he became Air Liaison Officer earning the Military Cross "for distinguished service rendered in the field in connection with military operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq during the period December 1931 to June 1932."[3] He served in World War II initially as Head of Intelligence at Headquarters Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force and then as Senior Air Staff Officer for the Desert Air Force.[4]

After the War he became Commandant of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical/Operational Requirements) before joining the Directing Staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1951.[4] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Air Force in 1953 and Controller of Aircraft at the Ministry of Supply in 1956.[4] Pelly was appointed Aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1957 and retired as an air chief marshal in 1959.[4]

In retirement he was a Board Member of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority from 1960 to 1964.[4]

Family

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In 1930 he married Margaret Ogilvie Spencer; they had three sons and one daughter.[5]

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claude Pelly.
  1. ^ Rowe, M. W. (2023). J. L. Austin: Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence Officer. Oxford University Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-19-870758-5.
  2. ^ New Air Chief Marshals Flight International, 15 March 1957
  3. ^ "No. 33984". The London Gazette. 6 October 1933. p. 6426.
  4. ^ a b c d e Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Pelly
  5. ^ The Peerage.com – Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Air Force
1953–1956 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Controller of Aircraft
1956–1959 		Succeeded by
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