Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

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British officer in the Royal Air Force (1882-1970)

United Kingdom PoliticiansLived 1882 to 1970 · aged 87

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Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force.

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Queen Elizabeth and King George VI with Dowding in 1940

Dowding (in the Bowler hat) with some of The Few

Lord Dowding laying the foundation stone of the RAF chapel, now known as St. George's Chapel of Remembrance, at RAF Biggin Hill in 1951

Memorial in Moffat

Dowding's medals at Royal Air Force Museum London[82]

Lord Dowding statue, St Clement Danes, the Strand, London

Memorial at Royal Tunbridge Wells

Awards 3

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Politicians from United Kingdom 6

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Catherine Ashton56.8

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone56.8

Alan Lascelles56.8

John Prescott56.9

Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay56.7

About this person

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain.

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United Kingdom