Richard Nelson (RAF officer)

Sir

Richard Nelson
Nelson (1963)
Born(1907-11-13)November 13, 1907
Ponoka, Alberta, Canada
DiedNovember 5, 2001(2001-11-05) (aged 93)
Hampshire, UK
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1934-1967
RankAir Marshal
CommandsRAF Medical Services
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of the British Empire (officer), Order of Bath (Knight Commander), Order of Saint John (commander)
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
RelationsNelson family

Air Marshal Sir Richard Carlyle Nelson, KCB, OBE, CStJ, QHP (November 13, 1907 – November 5, 2001) was a Canadian-born senior Royal Air Force officer who acted as Director-General of the RAF Medical Services from 1962 to 1967 and Honorary Physician to the Queen from 1961 until 1967.

Early life

Nelson was born in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, on November 13, 1907[1] to Marcus Nelson and Jane Amelia Cartwright. He had two brothers: Meredith and Francis, both of whom served. He graduated from the University of Alberta with his MD and, In the 1930s, moved to the UK, where in 1934, he joined the RAF.[2]

Military service

Nelson joined the RAF in 1934 as a Flying Officer. In 1936 he was promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant which he held until 1940. When the RAF established a field hospital at Fuka in the Western Desert, he was the senior medical Flight Lieutenant in the Middle East and was appointed to command it.  As the post was a Wing Commander's post, he went straight from Flight Lieutenant to Wing Commander.  He remained in this rank until he was promoted to Group Captain in the 1950s. In 1957, he was promoted to Air Commodore. Two years after, in 1959, he was promoted to the acting rank of Air Vice-Marshal. During Nelson's tenure as Air Vice-Marshal, he was made Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP) in 1961. His final promotion in 1962 made him an Air-Marshal as Director-General of the RAF medical services, a post which he held until his military retirement in 1967.[3]

Honours

In 1949 Nelson was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 1961 he was created Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP). One year later, in 1962, he was created Commander of the Order of Bath (CB). In 1963 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of Bath (KCB). In 1964, Nelson was made a Commander of the order of Saint John (CStJ).[4]

After Service

After his retirement from the RAF in 1967, Nelson joined the Nicholas Research Institute in Slough, as Medical Director and Director of Research until his retirement in October 1972. He died in 2001 at his home in Hampshire, UK.[5]

References

  1. ^ peek_01 (2009-01-13). "List of Foreign-born General-Officers of the British Armed Forces, 1615-2009". The Southern African History Musings of Ross Dix-Peek. Retrieved 2022-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Sir (Sidney) Richard Carlyle Nelson - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. ^ "RAF Medical Services Headed By Ex-Albertan". Edmonton Journal.
  4. ^ "Page 5541 | Issue 43367, 26 June 1964 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  5. ^ https://www.blatherwick.net/documents/British%20Orders%20to%20Canadians/03%20-%20CB%20Order%20of%20the%20Bath.pdf

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