Air Commodore Charles Henry Elliott-Smith AFC (1889–1994) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force who served in World War I and World War II. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1919, and was made a Commander of the Order of George I, by the King of Greece, in 1944.
Life Charles Henry Elliott-Smith was born on 6 October 1889 and educated at Bedford Modern School.England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Elliott-Smith joined the British Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1915.Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910 – 1950, C. H. Elliott Smith He enrolled early in the Royal Flying Corps, where he was made Captain in 1916, Major in 1918, and was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1919. Elliott-Smith was made Group Captain in 1935 and later Air Commodore.
Elliott-Smith was made a Commander of the Order of George I by the King of Greece in 1944. He died on 14 January 1994 as one of the oldest surviving former members of the Royal Air Force.
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