Claude Pelly

Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly
Air Marshal Sir Claude Pelly (centre) with Air Marshal Hardman (left) and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (right) at a ceremonial parade for No. 78 Wing RAAF on its departure from garrison duty on Malta, 1954
Born	(1902-08-19)19 August 1902
Died	12 August 1972(1972-08-12) (aged 69)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1920–1959
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands held	RAF Middle East Air Force Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (3)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly GBE, KCB, MC, ADC, RAF (19 August 1902 – 12 August 1972) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the middle of the 20th century.

RAF career

Claude Pelly started his Air Force career at the RAF College Cranwell in 1920.^[1] In 1931 he was deployed to Iraq where he became Air Liaison Officer earning the Military Cross "for distinguished service rendered in the field in connection with military operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq during the period December 1931 to June 1932."^[2] He served in World War II initially as Head of Intelligence at Headquarters Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force and then as Senior Air Staff Officer for the Desert Air Force.^[3]

After the War he became Commandant of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Technical/Operational Requirements) before joining the Directing Staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1951.^[3] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Air Force in 1953 and Controller of Aircraft at the Ministry of Supply in 1956.^[3] Pelly was appointed Aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1957 and retired as an air chief marshal in 1959.^[3]

In retirement he was a Board Member of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority from 1960 to 1964.^[3]

Family

In 1930 he married Margaret Ogilvie Spencer; they had three sons and one daughter.^[4]

Awards and decorations

Military Cross – 6 October 1933
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) – 1 January 1943
Commander of the Royal Order of George I – 3 May 1946
Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) – 2 January 1950
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) – 1 January 1954
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) – 13 June 1959
Mentioned in Despatches – 1 January 1941, 11 June 1942, 14 January 1944
Air ADC to The Queen – 20 Jan 1957

References

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↑ New Air Chief Marshals Flight International, 15 March 1957
↑ The London Gazette: no. 33984. p. 6426. 6 October 1933. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Pelly
↑ The Peerage.com – Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Arthur Sanders	Commander-in-Chief RAF Middle East Air Force 1953–1956	Succeeded by Sir Hubert Patch
Preceded by Sir John Baker	Controller of Aircraft 1956–1959	Succeeded by Sir George Gardner

The Pelly/Lucas family tree

John Pelly
(1711–1762)

Henry Hinde Pelly
(1744–1818)

John Pelly
(1754–1809)

Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet
(1777–1852)

John Hinde Pelly
(1786–1852)

Sir John Henry Pelly, 2nd Baronet
(1809–1864)

Raymond Pelly
(1810–1886)

Richard Wilson Pelly
(1814–1890)

Saville Marriott Pelly
(1819–1895)

Sir Lewis Pelly M.P.
(1825–1892)

Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, 3rd Baronet
(1844–1877)

Sir Harold Pelly, 4th Baronet
(1863–1950)

Rev. Raymond Percy Pelly
(1841–1911)

Sir Henry Bertram Pelly
(1867–1942)

Kathleen Emma Pelly
(1856–1912)

Richard Clement Lucas
(1846–1915)

Sir Harold Alwyne Pelly, 5th Baronet
(1893–1981)

Douglas Raymond Pelly
(1865–1943)

Raymond Theodore Pelly
(1881–1952)

Richard Saville Clement Lucas
(1896–1968)

Charles Clement Lucas
(1897–1917)

Sir John Alwyne Pelly, 6th Baronet
(1918–1993)

Richard Heywood Pelly
(1920–1988)

Sir Claude Bernard Raymond Pelly
(1902–1972)

Peter Douglas Pelly
(1904–1980)

Sir Richard John Pelly, 7th Baronet
(b. 1951)

Notes

Family tree of the Pelly family

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