London, Oct. 1.
The King has appointed Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to be a Knight of the Grand Cross of the poitary division of the Order of the Sir Hugh Dowding is Commander-in-Chief of the Fighter Command and this high appointment in the Order of Chivalry may be taken as acknowledgement of the? success his command has obtained against the enemy air force.
Responsible for the air defence of Britain, which includes command of the balloon barrage, anti-aircraft guns, searchlights and a network of observer corps, Sir Hugh Dowding is charged also with the duty of deciding when air raid warnings shall be sounded.
He was Chief Staff Officer of the Inland Area and Iraq Commands in 1922. After holding air commands in palestine and Transjordania he was de Air Officer in commend of the rating Command of Britain, receiving his present appointment in 1936. ~—Reuter.
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