D'Arcy Power (RAF officer)

Air Vice-Marshal D'Arcy Power CBE MC MRCS (2 June 1889 – 26 December 1958) was a British surgeon and Royal Air Force officer. He was the son of Sir D'Arcy Power, also a surgeon.[1][2]

Power followed his father into part-time service in the RAMC in 1911,[3] and during the First World War became a captain and won the Military Cross.[4] He transferred to the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force on the formation of the new service on 1 April 1918[5]—taking a permanent commission as a flight lieutenant in 1920[6]—and ultimately reaching the rank of acting air vice marshal by 1945 when he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "POWER, Air Vice-Marshal D'Arcy", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edition, Nov 2012 accessed 23 Oct 2013
  2. ↑ A.V.-M. D'arcy Power (Obituaries) The Times Wednesday, 31 Dec 1958; p. 10; issue 54346; col E
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28527. p. 6456. 1 September 1911. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. pp. 5570–5576. 2 June 1916. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31112. p. 369. 7 January 1919. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31978. p. 7458. 13 July 1920. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Ellis, Harold (September 2004). "Power, Sir D'Arcy (1855–1941)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37119. p. 2947. 8 June 1945. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
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