General Sir William Riddell Birdwood conversing with the Regimental Sergeant Major at the ...

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Accession Number D00428
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative other
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Gloucestershire, Minchinhampton
Date made March 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

General Sir William Riddell Birdwood conversing with the Regimental Sergeant Major at the Australian aerodrome of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) at Minchinhampton. Left to right: Captain E. N. Tooth, wing equipment officer (partly obscured); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Brinsmead MC, Staff Officer Aviation; Lt Col W. O. Watt OBE, Commanding 1st Wing AFC; Lieutenant J. A. Robertson, Adjutant 1st Wing, AFC; Major Roy Cecil Phillipps MC DFC, Commanding 6th Training Squadron; General Birdwood; Sergeant Major Gilkes, 5th Training Squadron.