Allan Marshall (RAF officer)

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Allan Marshall
AVM Allan Marshall (cropped).jpg
Air Vice-Marshal Marshall in 2020
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1991–present
RankAir Vice-Marshal
Commands heldRAF Waddington
No. V (AC) Squadron
Battles/warsIraq War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice-Marshal Allan Paul Marshall, OBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Early life[]

Marshall holds an engineering degree from Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1]

RAF career[]

Marshall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force (RAF) in September 1991.[2] He served as officer commanding No. V (AC) Squadron.[1] He went on to become station commander at RAF Waddington in March 2016,[3][4] and Head of Military Operations in the Ministry of Defence in December 2018.[5] In February 2020 it was announced that he would be appointed to the post of Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group with effect from March 2020.[6] On 22 November 2021, Marshall took up the post of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments) in succession to Major General Charles Stickland.[7]

Marshall was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours.[8]

Personal life[]

He is married to Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Marshall, and together they have two children.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Previous Visiting Fellows". Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 52707". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 November 1991. p. 16859.
  3. ^ "RAF Waddington welcomes new station commander". 29 February 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Buckingham Palace". Court Circular. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Senior appointment". RAF. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Senior RAF Commanders" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Senior Appointments: 2021". Royal Air Force. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  8. ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 6.
  9. ^ "No 2 Group: Air Officer Commanding". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group
2020–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations & Commitments)
2021–Present 		Vacant
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