Amyas Borton Military person

Air Vice-Marshal Amyas Eden Borton CB, CMG, DSO, AFC (20 September 1886 – 15 August 1969) was a pilot and commander in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1920s. He saw active service on the Western Front, in Palestine and in Iraq. In the latter part of his career, Borton was the second Commandant of the RAF College at Cranwell before becoming the Air Officer Commanding the RAF's Inland Area.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 20, 1886
Date of deathAugust 15, 1969

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Mentioned in dispatches
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
World War I
military command
40th (Army) Wing
Fifth Wing RFC
Mesopotamian Group
No. 10 Squadron RFC
No. 27 Squadron RFC
Palestine Brigade
RAF College Cranwell
relation
Order of St Michael and St George
Arthur Borton
service start1904
service end1933

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