Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder Royal Air Force (1945).
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| Date of Birth | July 11, 1890 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Glenguin | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | June 3, 1967 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| A place of death | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of army |  British Army (1915-1918)  Royal Air Force (1918-1950) | ||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1915 - 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Royal Air Force Marshal | ||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I The Second World War | ||||||||||||||||
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| Retired | since 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
Biography
In 1912 he graduated from Cambridge University , in 1924 - Staff College, in 1928 - Imperial Defense College. In military service since 1913. Member of the First World War .
In 1918, Tedder was credited to the British Air Force. In 1918-1919 he served in Egypt, in 1926-1927 - in the Ministry of Aviation. Since 1934 - head of the flight training department, commander of the Air Force in the Far East. Since 1938 - Head of the Research Department of the Ministry of Aviation.
Since the beginning of the Second World War - head of department at the Ministry of Supply. In 1940-1943 - deputy commander and commander of the Air Force in the Middle East and the Mediterranean , commander. Since 1944 - Deputy Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force . On May 8, 1945, together with Marshal Zhukov, he signed the Act on Unconditional Surrender of Germany .
After the war - chief of staff of the British Air Force. In 1950-1951 - a member of the NATO Military Committee and a member of the British military mission in Washington .
Rewards
- Baron title - January 1, 1946
- Order of the Bath (Knight of the Big Cross - November 27, 1942; Knight Commander - January 1, 1942; Cavalier - February 1, 1937),
- Silver Military Medal of Honor (Italy, May 26, 1917)
- Grand Ribbon of the Order of Glory ( Tunisia , August 27, 1943 )
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Alawite Throne ( Morocco , August 27, 1943 )
- Legion of Honor Order of the Commander-in-Chief ( USA , August 27, 1943 )
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland ( Poland , October 1, 1943 )
- Order of Kutuzov 1st degree ( USSR , August 28, 1945 ),
- Legion of Honor (Grand Cross - 1945; Grand Officer - 1945; Commander - 1942; France)
- Distinguished Service Medal ( USA , June 14, 1946 )
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown ( Belgium , June 18, 1946 )
- Military Cross with a Palm Branch (Belgium, June 18, 1946)
- Grand Cross of the Royal Order of George I with swords ( Greece , September 6, 1946 )
- Military cross with a palm branch ( France , September 27, 1946 )
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Orange-Nassau ( Netherlands , October 31, 1947 ).