Robert Marsland Groves Military person

Air Commodore Robert Marsland Groves CB DSO AFC (3 January 1880 – 27 May 1920) was a Royal Navy officer involved with naval aviation during World War I. He was awarded his Aviator's Certificate no. 969 on 15 November 1914. After transferring to the Royal Air Force in 1918, he served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and held high command in the Middle East. He was killed in a flying accident in 1920 aged 40 whilst serving in Egypt.

Personal facts

Robert Marsland Groves
Birth dateJanuary 03, 1880
Date of deathMay 27, 1920
Place of death
Heliopolis (Cairo suburb)

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Military person

award
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
Legion of Honour
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
World War I
service start1899
service end1920

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External resources

  1. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/GrovesR.htm