Arthur Ledger

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Arthur Ledger
Born29 August 1897
Canterbury, Kent, England
Died6 May 1970
Bridge, Kent, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army (1918–21)
Royal Air Force (1921–52)
Years of service1918–1952
RankAir Vice Marshal
Commands heldNo. 40 Squadron


No. 23 Group
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Air Vice Marshal Arthur Percy Ledger, CB, CBE (29 August 1897 – 6 May 1970) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

RAF career[]

Ledger was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 29 May 1918.[1] He was deployed to France for service in the First World War.[2]

After transferring to the RAF as an observer officer in 1919, he became officer commanding, No. 40 Squadron in August 1935 and then served in the Second World War as senior air officer, HQ Air Forces in India from July 1940, as Deputy Director of Ground Defence from March 1942 and as Director of Ground Defence from later that year.[2]

He went on to be Air Officer Commanding, in January 1946, Air Officer Commanding, later that year and Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 Group in February 1947.[2] His last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding, Headquarters, RAF Flying Training Command in February 1950.[2]

In retirement he served as a Gentleman Usher to the Queen.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 30100". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 May 1917. p. 5308.
  2. ^ a b c d "Air Vice Marshal A.P. Ledger". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ "No. 41865". The London Gazette. 10 November 1949. p. 7091.
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding No. 23 Group
1947–1950 		Succeeded by
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