20 September 1979(1979-09-20) (aged 81) Oxfordshire, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army (1916–18) Royal Air Force (1918–56)
Years of service
1916–56
Rank
Air Marshal
Commands held
Home Command (1952–56) No. 18 Group (1950–52) RAF Regiment (1948–50) British Forces Aden (1945–48) No. 28 Group (1944–45)
Battles/wars
First World War Second World War
Awards
Knight 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.
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-Chief, Plymouth) Air Commander North Sea: Air Vice Marshal HaroldLydford, CB, CBE, Royal Air Force (AOC No. 18 Group RAF) Air Commander North-East...
returned home in late 1953 to become aide-de-camp to Air Marshal Sir HaroldLydford, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Home Command. After briefly...
HQ Iraq from 1946 1945–1947 Succeeded by Alexander Gray Preceded by HaroldLydford Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment 1950–1952 Succeeded by Sir Francis...
College, Bracknell 1953–1956 Succeeded by Denis Barnett Preceded by Sir HaroldLydford Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Home Command 1956–1959 Succeeded by...
Military offices Preceded by HaroldLydford Air Officer Commanding British Forces Aden 1948–1950 Succeeded by Francis Fressanges Preceded by Sir Charles...
Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman 1 October 1952 Air Marshal Sir HaroldLydford March 1956 Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen List of Royal Air Force...
titled "Farewell to Kingsbridge" was collected by Sabine Baring-Gould at Lydford, Devon. It belongs to the years 1778–80 when soldiers stationed here had...
Valley Shop Killerton Knightshayes Court Loughwood Meeting House Lundy Lydford Gorge Morte Point The Old Mill, Wembury Overbeck's Parke Plymbridge Woods...
house with slate roof that was designated a Grade II* listed building. Lydford Castle and Saxon Town Castle 1195 Ruins The castle was built following...
Honour of Barnstaple . Barony of Bradninch . Rougemont Castle (Probably) . Lydford Castle (Until 1239) Barony of Plympton (Honour, Held by the earls of Devon)...
raided Charmouth, Dorset in 833, then in 997 destroyed the Dartmoor town of Lydford, and from 1001 to 1003 occupied the old Roman city of Exeter. The Cornish...
Vikings. The surprise attack on Lydford is ordered by the King of Denmark and Viking leader Sweyn Forkbeard (previously, Lydford was believed to be impregnable...
operated by the London and South Western Railway, on the route between Lydford and Plymouth via Bere Alston. This opened on 2 June 1890 and closed on...
taking on water at Shrewsbury station No. 9791 racing Castle Class No. 7006 Lydford Castle at Southall Llanelly depot - Nos. 7211 (7200 class), 1633 (1600...
Mathry, Meidrim and Clydau in the south of Wales; and Stowford, Jacobstowe, Lydford and Instow, in Devon.[citation needed] Thomas proposed the following sequence...
Spencer Lucy, Worcestershire Regiment Lt. George John Lusted Lt. Harold Thomas Lydford Capt. William Robert Brown McBain MC Royal Field Artillery Capt...
(the section of the London and South Western Railway from Okehampton to Lydford was under construction at this time). He continued in the UK, working on...
Force Air Marshal Charles Edward Neville Guest, CB CBE. Air Marshal Harold Thomas Lydford, CB CBE AFC. Civil Division Sir Thomas Penberthy Bennett, CBE, Chairman...
MC, Indian Army, late Cavalry. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Harold Thomas Lydford, CBE, AFC. Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Arthur Henzell Pidcock, CBE...
Prestatyn, Denbighshire. Susan Holland – For services to the community in Lydford, Devon. Christopher Holt – For services to the community in Hunstanton...