Air Marshal Sir Harold Thomas Lydford, (7 May 1898 – 20 September 1979) was a First World War pilot in the

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and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the post-war decade.

RAF career

Lydford was commissioned into the Special Reserve of the

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in 1917.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir Harold Lydford
/ref> He transferred to the Royal Air Force after the war and served as a pilot with No. 208 Squadron in Constantinople. He served in the Second World War as Deputy Director of Organisation and Director of Organisation at the Air Ministry before being appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 28 Group in 1944 and Air Officer Commanding

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in March 1945. After the War he served as Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment, Air Officer Commanding No. 18 Group and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at

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before retiring in 1956. In retirement he became a Director of ''Electro Mechanisms Limited'' and Chairman of the Royal Air Forces Association.In Brief
Flight International, 6 June 1958

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