Anthony Bagnall
Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall | |
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Bagnall in 2022 | |
Born | (1945-06-08) 8 June 1945 (age 79) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1964–2005 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands | Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (2001–05) Strike Command (2000–01) Air Member for Personnel (1998–00) No. 11 Group (1994–96) RAF Leuchars (1988–89) No. 23 Squadron (1983–85) No. 43 Squadron (1983) |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony John Crowther "Tony" Bagnall, GBE, KCB, FRAeS (born 8 June 1945) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
RAF career
Bagnall was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1967.[1] He became a weapons instructor on the English Electric Lightning fighter aircraft later that year.[1] Bagnall became Commanding Officer of No. 43 Squadron flying the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1, and then No. 23 Squadron in the Falkland Islands in 1983 before becoming Director of Air Staff Briefing and Co-ordination in 1985 and then Station Commander of RAF Leuchars in Fife in 1988.[1]
Promoted to air commodore in 1990, he was made Director of Air Force Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence in 1991.[1] Promoted again, this time to air vice marshal, in 1992 he was appointed Assistant Chief of the Air Staff and then in 1994 went on to become Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group.[1] This was followed by a tour starting in 1996 as Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe in the rank of Air Marshal.[1]
In 1998 he became Air Member for Personnel and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Personnel and Training Command before being appointed Commander-in-Chief Strike Command in 2000.[1] He served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from 2001 until his retirement in 2005.[1]
In 2005 he became a member of the Court of the University of St Andrews.[2]
Family
He is married to Pamela; they have three children.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Debretts Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Minutes of the University Court of St Andrews Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall". Bagnall Village. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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Military offices | ||
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Preceded by | Assistant Chief of the Air Staff 1992–1994 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by John Allison | Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group 1994–1996 | Group merged with No. 18 Group Cliff Spink as AOC No. 11/18 Group |
Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief Personnel and Training Command Air Member for Personnel 1998–2000 | Succeeded by Sir John Day |
Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command 2000–2001 | |
Preceded by | Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2001–2005 | Succeeded by |
Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by | Air Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty The Queen 2000–2001 | Succeeded by Sir John Day |
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- Sir Neil Cameron
- Sir Terence Lewin
- Sir Edwin Bramall
- Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson
- Sir David Evans
- Sir Peter Herbert
- Sir Peter Harding
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- Sir Richard Vincent
- Sir Benjamin Bathurst
- Sir John Slater
- Sir John Willis
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