Thomas Elmhirst
Military Person
1895 – 1982
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Who was Thomas Elmhirst?
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst KBE CB AFC DL was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the newly independent Indian Air Force where he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.
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- Born
- Dec 15, 1895
Yorkshire - Spouses
- Marian Montagu Douglas Scott
(1968/10/30 - 1982/11/06)
- Marian Montagu Douglas Scott
- Died
- Nov 6, 1982
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on July 23, 2013
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