Portrait |
General |
Highest rank |
Promoted Brig-Gen |
Promoted Maj-Gen |
Promoted Lt-Gen |
Notes |
| Henderson !Sir David Henderson | Lieutenant-General | 19080404 !4 April 1908 | 19141026 !26 October 1914 | 19160324 !24 March 1916 | Note promoted to Brig-Gen before creation of Royal Flying Corps. Temporary promotion to Lt-Gen 24 March 1916, substantive promotion 1 January 1917[1] |
| Trenchard !Sir Hugh Trenchard | Major-General | 19150825 !25 August 1915 | 19160324 !24 March 1916 | N/A | Temporary promotion to Maj-Gen 24 March 1916, substantive promotion 1 January 1917[2] |
| Brancker !W S Brancker | Major-General | 19151018 !18 December 1915 | 19170622 !22 June 1917 | N/A | Temporary promotion to Maj-Gen 22 June 1917, rank made substantive in the RAF on 3 January 1918.[3] |
| Salmond, John !J M Salmond | Major-General | 19160201 !1 February 1916 | 19170622 !22 June 1917 | N/A | Temporary promotion to Maj-Gen 22 June 1917, rank made substantive in the RAF on 1 April 1918.[4] |
| Ashmore !E B Ashmore | Major-General | 19160130 !30 January 1916 | 19170630 !30 July 1917 | N/A | Temporary promotion to Maj-Gen 30 July 1917, later regraded to air vice marshal in the RAF before being substantively promoted to major-general in the British Army on 1 January 1924.[5] |
| Longcroft !C A H Longcroft | Major-General | 19160816 !28 August 1916 | 19170630 !18 October 1917 | N/A | Temporary promotion to major-general on 18 October 1917, reverted to temporary brigadier-general on 29 April 1918, substantively promoted to air-vice marshal 1 July 1925.[6] |
| Salmond, Geoffrey !W G H Salmond | Major-General | 19160701 !1 July 1916 | 19180103 !3 January 1918 | N/A | Temporary promotion to maj-gen 3 January 1918[7][8] |
| Webb-Bowen !T I Webb-Bowen | Brigadier-General | 19160201 !1 February 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Promotion to acting maj-gen in the RAF on 1 February 1919, substantively promoted to air vice-marshal 1 July 1925.[9] |
| Brooke-Popham !H R M Brooke-Popham | Brigadier-General | 19160312 !12 March 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Later promoted to air chief marshal.[10] |
| MacInnes !D S MacInnes | Brigadier-General | 19160327 !27 March 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 27 March 1916.[11] Departed Royal Flying Corps duties in early 1917. Killed on the Western Front while holding the rank of brig-gen on 23 May 1918. |
| Pitcher !D le G Pitcher | Brigadier-General | 19160401 !1 April 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Permanent promotion to air commodore on 5 August 1919.[12] |
| Higgins !J F A Higgins | Brigadier-General | 19160825 !25 August 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen followed by temporary promotion to Maj-Gen on 29 April 1918 in the RAF. Permanent promotion to air vice-marshal on 1 August 1919.[13] |
| Game !P W Game | Brigadier-General | 19161016 !16 October 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen followed by temporary promotion to Maj-Gen on 14 October 1918 in the RAF. Permanent promotion to air vice-marshal on 1 January 1922.[14] |
| Becke !J H W Becke | Brigadier-General | 19161220 !20 December 1916 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Retired on 29 February 1920 with the honorary rank of Brigadier-General in the RAF.[15] |
| Ellington !E L Ellington | Brigadier-General | 19170114 !14 January 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 14 January 1917 but not appointed to Royal Flying Corps duties until 20 November 1917. Temporary promotion to Maj-Gen in the RAF on 10 April 1918. Permanent promotion to air-vice marshal the following year.[16] |
| Shephard !G S Shephard | Brigadier-General | 19170208 !8 February 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 8 February 1917. Killed in a flying accident 19 January 1918.[17] |
| Charlton !L E O Charlton | Brigadier-General | 19170228 !28 February 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 28 February 1917. Permanent promotion to air commodore on 5 August 1919.[18] |
| Caddell !W B Caddell | Brigadier-General | 19170404 !4 April 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 4 April 1917. Retired from the RAF on 28 May 1919 with the honorary rank of brig-gen.[19] |
| Dowding !H C T Dowding | Brigadier-General | 19170623 !23 June 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 23 June 1917. Later promoted to air chief marshal.[20] |
| Herbert !P L W Herbert | Brigadier-General | 19170805 !5 August 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 5 August 1917. Retired from the RAF on 3 December 1929 as an honorary air commodore.[21] |
| Hogg !R E T Hogg | Brigadier-General | 19170805 !5 August 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 5 August 1917. Retired from the RAF on 1 September 1919 as an honorary brigadier-general.[22] |
| Livingstone !G Livingston | Brigadier-General | 19170809 !9 August 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 9 August 1917. Retired from the RAF on 14 February 1919 as an honorary brigadier-general.[23] |
| Higgins !T C R Higgins | Brigadier-General | 19170901 !1 September 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 1 September 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 30 June 1922 and retired from the RAF on 1 November 1929 in that rank.[24] |
| Ludlow-Hewitt !E R Ludlow-Hewitt | Brigadier-General | 19171001 !17 October 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 17 October 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 30 June 1923. Later promoted to air chief marshal.[25] |
| Hearson !J G Hearson | Brigadier-General | 19171028 !28 October 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 28 October 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 30 June 1923.[26] |
| Borton !A E Borton | Brigadier-General | 19171214 !14 December 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 14 December 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 1 October 1922. Later promoted to air vice-marshal.[27] |
| Huggins !A Huggins | Brigadier-General | 19171222 !22 December 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 22 December 1917. Retired from the RAF, retaining the rank, on 20 March 1919.[28] |
| Newall !C L N Newall | Brigadier-General | 19171228 !28 December 1917 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 28 December 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 1 January 1925. Later promoted to marshal of the RAF.[29] |
| Critchley !A C Critchley | Brigadier-General | 19180304 !4 March 1918 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 4 March 1918. Retired from the RAF after the war. Rejoined during World War II and was promoted to air commodore on 1 June 1943.[30] |
| Critchley !C F De S Murphy | Brigadier-General | 19180306 !6 March 1918 | N/A | N/A | Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 6 March 1918. Retired from the RAF after the war.[31] |