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Longmore was to become one of the first four in the Royal Navy to be selected for training as a pilot.
 
Longmore was to become one of the first four in the Royal Navy to be selected for training as a pilot.
  
He was promoted to acting {{LCommRN}} 24 June, 1914.<ref>Longmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.}} f. 621.</ref>
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On 15 January, 1914, he was appointed in command of [[Calshot Naval Air Station]], being designated an Acting {{LCommRN}} on 24 June.<ref>Longmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.}} f. 621.</ref>
  
Longmore was promoted to acting {{CommRN}} 5 January, 1915.<ref>Longmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.}} f. 621.</ref>
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==The Great War==
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Longmore was promoted to Wing Commander on the 31 of December 1914, and to acting {{CommRN}} on 5 January, 1915.  He quit Calshot on 12 January, 1916 and was appointed to {{UK-Tiger}} as a {{LCommRN}}, staying with her until 6 June.<ref>Longmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.}} f. 621.</ref>
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He was appointed to ''President'' in command of [[Royal Naval Air Station Killingholme]] on 15 June, 1916 with the rank of Wing Commander.
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==Post War==
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He was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force on 1 August, 1919.<ref>Longmore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.}} f. 621.</ref>
  
 
==World War II==
 
==World War II==

Revision as of 17:10, 2 March 2015

Air Chief Marshal SIR Arthur Murray Longmore, G.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Air Force (8 October, 1885 – 10 December, 1970) was an early aviation pioneer who served in the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Air Service before attaining high rank in the Royal Air Force.

Early Life & Career

He was made a Lieutenant on 30 December, 1907.[1]

Longmore started his Royal Naval service with a typical series of commands of torpedo boats. It is possible that it was he who invented the Longmore Disc for Torpedo Directors.[Fact Check]

However, his mind was set on the air, and he was appointed to Wildfire on 11 March, 1911 for a six month course in aviation.[2]

Longmore was to become one of the first four in the Royal Navy to be selected for training as a pilot.

On 15 January, 1914, he was appointed in command of Calshot Naval Air Station, being designated an Acting Lieutenant-Commander on 24 June.[3]

The Great War

Longmore was promoted to Wing Commander on the 31 of December 1914, and to acting Commander on 5 January, 1915. He quit Calshot on 12 January, 1916 and was appointed to Tiger as a Lieutenant-Commander, staying with her until 6 June.[4]

He was appointed to President in command of Royal Naval Air Station Killingholme on 15 June, 1916 with the rank of Wing Commander.

Post War

He was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force on 1 August, 1919.[5]

World War II

Service Records

Bibliography

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George B. Hartford
Captain of H.M. T.B. 74
29 Sep, 1906[6] – 15 Jul, 1907[7]
Succeeded by
Frederic G. Schurr
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 074
Preceded by
David C. Bargery
Captain of H.M. T.B. 076
Apr, 1909[8] – 18 Oct, 1909[9]
Succeeded by
Samuel Mallin
Preceded by
William G. A. Shuttleworth
Captain of H.M. T.B. 111
19 Oct, 1909[10] – 20 Nov, 1910[11]
Succeeded by
Henry P. Boxer
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 24
21 Nov, 1910[12] – 20 Feb, 1911[13]
Succeeded by
James R. C. Cavendish
 

Footnotes

  1. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  2. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  3. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  4. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  5. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  7. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  8. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  9. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  11. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  12. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.
  13. Longmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 621.