Thomas Elmhirst Military person
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst KBE CB AFC DL (15 December 1895 – 6 November 1982) 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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| award | |
|---|---|
| service start | 1913 |
| service end | 1950 |