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Sir Harold Lydford
Born(1898-05-07)7 May 1898
Brixton, London, England
Died20 September 1979(1979-09-20) (aged 81)
Oxfordshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army (1916–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–56)
Years of service1916–56
RankAir Marshal
Commands heldHome Command (1952–56)
No. 18 Group (1950–52)
RAF Regiment (1948–50)
British Forces Aden (1945–48)
No. 28 Group (1944–45)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Air Marshal Sir Harold Thomas Lydford, KBE, CB, AFC (7 May 1898 – 20 September 1979) was a First World War pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and the post-war decade.

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