2 January 2004(2004-01-02) (aged 90) Slough, Berkshire
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1931–1971
Rank
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Commands held
Chief of the Air Staff (1967–71) Far East Command (1965–67) Bomber Command (1963–65) RAF Germany (1961–63) Central Fighter Establishment (1954–56) Northern Sector of Fighter Command (1950–52) No. 341 Wing (1945) No. 73 Operational Training Unit (1944–45) No. 210 Group (1943) RAF Duxford (1942–43) No. 249 Squadron (1940) No. 219 Squadron (1940)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Battle of Britain
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John Mentioned in Despatches (2) Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (Malaysia)
Other work
Governor of Gibraltar Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy, GCB, GCVO, KBE, DSO (8 February 1913 – 2 January 2004) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was the only officer who fought and commanded a squadron during the Battle of Britain to reach the post of Chief of the Air Staff. In the latter role he implemented the final stages of the RAF's withdrawal from the Persian Gulf and the Far East, oversaw the ordering and subsequent cancellation of the F-111 strike aircraft and handed over Britain's nuclear deterrent role to the Royal Navy.
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April 2008. Barrass, Malcolm (16 June 2007). "Marshal of the RAF Sir JohnGrandy". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 April...
to Ian Grandy, a member of the band's early road crew, "I've said it before and I'll say it again: There would have been no 'Rush' without John." At Rutsey's...
episode "Stressed for Success" (in which he played music teacher Eugene Grandy) and Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (in which he played Great Uncle Stew) were...
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formed at Duxford. Notable among the pilots of the Wing was Group Captain JohnGrandy who would later rise to be Chief of the Air Staff and also served as...
Retrieved 2008-04-18. Barrass, Malcolm (2007-06-16). "Marshal of the RAF Sir JohnGrandy". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Archived from the...
campaign medal continues. The Military Medals Review was undertaken by Sir John Holmes and published in July 2012. In December 2012, following the review...
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Return to Gibraltar in 1963 when he and Peter Isola were cheered by crowds in John Mackintosh Square has been recorded in a commissioned painting by Ambrose...
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Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones 7 January 1961 – Air Marshal Sir JohnGrandy 25 June 1963 – Air Marshal Sir Ronald Lees 6 December 1965 – Air Marshal...
place would be taken by the destroyer HMS Ulysses. Air Vice Marshal JohnGrandy succeeded Oulton as Task Force commander, and Air Commodore Jack Roulston...
William Dickson Sir Dermot Boyle Sir Thomas Pike Sir Charles Elworthy Sir JohnGrandy Sir Denis Spotswood Sir Andrew Humphrey Sir Neil Cameron Sir Michael...
Armoured Brigade on 27 June 1944 after its previous commander, Brigadier John Cecil Currie, was killed in action. With his new appointment came a promotion...
Walker 1966: Tran Kim Phuong 1967: JohnGrandy 1968: Philip Ernest Housden Pike 1971: Nai Puang Suwanrath 1972: John Baines Johnston 1972: Surakij Mayalarp...
who gave verbal approval, and a handful of officials. Air Vice Marshal JohnGrandy succeeded Oulton as Task Force commander. The bomb was dropped off Christmas...
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