Air Chief Marshal

Air Chief Marshal

Air chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 Sir Theodore Neuman McEvoy KCB

Order of the Bath

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 CBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 RAF (21 November 1904 – 19 September 1991) was a senior Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 officer during World War II

World War II

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 who held high command in the 1950s and early 1960s. His last appointment was as Air Secretary

Air Secretary

The Air Secretary is the Royal Air Force appointment of which the incumbent is responsible for policy direction on personnel management for members of the RAF. From 1978 to 1983 the Air Secretary was more often referred to as Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre. It is...

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RAF career

McEnvoy joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1923. He became Officer Commanding No. 1 Squadron

No. 1 Squadron RAF

No. 1 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operated the Harrier GR9 from RAF Cottesmore until 28 January 2011.The squadron motto is In omnibus princeps , appropriate for the RAF's oldest squadron and one that has been involved in almost every major British military operation since...

 in 1935 and served in World War II

World War II

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 as Station Commander at RAF Northolt

RAF Northolt

RAF Northolt is a Royal Air Force station situated in South Ruislip, east by northeast of Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. Approximately north of London Heathrow Airport, the station also handles a large number of private civil flights...

 before moving on to be Group Captain - Operations at Headquarters RAF Fighter Command

RAF Fighter Command

RAF Fighter Command was one of three functional commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served throughout the Second World War, gaining recognition in the Battle of Britain. The Command continued until 17 November 1943, when...

 in December 1941 and then became Senior Air Staff Officer first at No. 11 Group

No. 11 Group RAF

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, then at Desert Air Force

Desert Air Force

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 and then at No. 84 Group. In 1945 he was appointed Director of Staff Duties at the Air Ministry

Air Ministry

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After the War he was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 61 Group and then from 1950 he was Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training) at the Air Ministry. He went on to be RAF Instructor at the Imperial Defence College from 1954, Chief of Staff at Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe

Allied Air Forces Central Europe

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 from 1956 and Air Secretary

Air Secretary

The Air Secretary is the Royal Air Force appointment of which the incumbent is responsible for policy direction on personnel management for members of the RAF. From 1978 to 1983 the Air Secretary was more often referred to as Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Personnel Management Centre. It is...

 from 1959 before retiring in 1962.

In retirement he became Chairman of the The Society for Italic Handwriting.

Honours and awards

• Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
  Order of the Bath
  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
  
   - 31 May 1956 (CB - 1 January 1951)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  Order of the British Empire
  The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
  
   - 14 June 1945 (OBE - 1 July 1941)
• Mentioned in Despatches – 1 January 1941, 1 January 1945
• Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) - 24 September 1943