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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

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
Preceded by
Lionel G. Preston
Commandant of the Imperial Defence College
1937
Succeeded by
Thomas H. Binney
 

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.