History and chronology of Hugh Dowding Bentley Priory in Great Britain

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Hugh Dowding Bentley Priory History of Great Britain


1882	Birth
Moffat Birth of Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
1914	Commander
Appointed Commander of the Royal Flying Corps
1929	Air Vice Marshal
Appointed Air Vice Marshal
1930	Air Council
Joins the the Air Council
1933	Air Marshal
Appointed Air Marshal
1936	Commander
London Appointed Head of RAF Fighter Command
1939	Installation Radar
Uxbridge Completes a national radar network linked to a centre in Uxbridge
1940	Battle of Britain
Credited with winning the battle and made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
13th Aug An offensive is discovered when the British use the enigma machine
15th Aug 5 major actions are fought but the Germans lose 76 to Britain's 34 aircraft
15th Aug The largest air battle of this period
25th Aug Berlin RAF bombers attack Berlin for the 1st time
25th Aug Berlin Retaliation for the bombing of London
1940	Battle of Dunkirk
Dunkirk When the Allied resistance collapsed, works closely with Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, the commander of 11 Fighter Group, in organizing cover for the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk
1940	Battle of France
Dowding, nicknamed "Stuffy" by his men, is unwilling to sacrifice aircraft and pilots in the attempt to aid Allied troops during the battle of France
1940	Bombing of Berlin
25th Aug Berlin RAF bombers attack Berlin for the 1st time, retaliation for the bombing of London
1940	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Credited with winning the battle and made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
1940	Retirement
Nov Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal removes Dowding from his post and replaces him with Sholto Douglas
1942	Peerage
Created Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory
1942	Retirement
Retires drom the RAF
1970	Burial
Feb Westminster Abbey At a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, his ashes were laid to rest below the battle of Britain Memorial Window in the Royal Air Force chapel
1970	Death
15th Feb Tunbridge Wells Death of Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding