Brigadier-General
Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...
William Ward Warner, (14 March 1867 – 21 March 1950) was a
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who rose to become a brigadier-general in the newly created
Royal Air Force towards the end of the
First World War.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Warner served in India. He retired from the Indian Army in 1907 but rejoined the
British Army early in 1915 after the outbreak of
World War I. His first post was as a staff officer in the
Directorate of Military Aeronautics
The Directorate of Military Aeronautics was the British War Office department responsible for military aviation before and during World War I. It functions were subsumed into the Air Ministry when the Royal Air Force was created in 1918.
The Di ...
and in 1916 he became the Assistant Adjutant-General at the Directorate.
From 1919 to 1922 he was a member of
London County Council for Fulham.
From 1924 to 1929 he was the
Conservative MP for
Mid Bedfordshire. In later life he was Chairman of the
General Hydraulic Company
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
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.
Sources
Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Brigadier-General W W Warner
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1867 births
1950 deaths
British Indian Army officers
Royal Air Force generals of World War I
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1924–1929
Members of London County Council
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Royal Flying Corps officers
British Army personnel of World War I
Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers
British people in colonial India
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