Air Vice-Marshal Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometime ...

D'Arcy Power (2 June 1889 – 26 December 1958) was a British surgeon and

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officer. He was the son of Sir D'Arcy Power, also a surgeon.

Army service

Power followed his father into part-time service in the RAMC in 1911, and during the First World War became a captain and won the

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) Other ranks (UK), other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth of ...

Royal Air Force service

He transferred to the Medical Branch of the

on the formation of the new service on 1 April 1918—taking a permanent commission as a flight lieutenant in 1920—and ultimately reaching the rank of acting

air vice marshal Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many Commonwealth of Nations, countries which have historical British infl ...

by 1945 when he was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

Personal life

Power was a Freemason, and served as Master of the Lodge of Assistance No 2773 (London) from 1949 to 1950.Lodge of Assistanc
List of Masters

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Darcy 1889 births 1958 deaths Royal Air Force air marshals Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Military Cross Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England