The rank of Commodore RFA was established in 1951 and since that date holders of this rank have been:
From
To
Stanley G. Kent OBE
August 1951
May 1954
W Brunswick Brown OBE
June 1954
December 1955
Thomas H Card OBE
December 1955
January 1957
Thomas Elder CBE DSC
January 1957
March 1962
Albert E Curtain OBE RD
March 1962
August 1964
Eric Payne CBE
September 1964
June 1966
Griffith O W Evans CBE DSC
June 1966
January 1968
Joe Dines CBE RD
January 1968
May 1971
Henry O L’Estrange DSC RD
June 1971
December 1972
George A Robson CBE
December 1972
May 1977
Samuel C Dunlop CBE DSO
May 1977
March 1983
James G M Coull
March 1983
September 1985
Barry H Rutterford
June 1986
May 1989
Richard M Thorn CBE
May 1989
May 1994
Norman D Squire CBE
May 1994
March 1999
Peter J Lannin CBE
March 1999
September 2003
Robert C Thornton CBE
October 2003
September 2008
William M Walworth OBE
September 2008
The rank of Commodore Chief Engineer and more recently Commodore (E) was first established in 1960 and since that date holders to this rank have been: -
From
To
David C. Leathley OBE
January 1960
September 1961
Reginald R. Darroch OBE
September 1961
July 1963
J. A. MacPhearson
March 1964
May 1966
William E. Young
August 1966
May 1972
Jack R. Warne
June 1972
December 1978
George S. Burnett
December 1978
January 1982
Albert C. Hawke
March 1982
August 1984
Thomas J.W. Humphrey
August 1984
September 1985
Allan Forster
September 1985
March 1989
Kenneth Lacy
March 1989
April 1993
Peter W. Goodman
April 1993
October 1995
Nicholas K. Ball
October 1995
April 2002
Michael D. Norfolk
April 2002
February 2008
David Preston
February 2008
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