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[[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Sir Thomas Ulric Curzon Shirley''' [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Order of the Bath|CB]] (died c. 1982) was a [[Royal Air Force]] officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at [[RAF Signals Command|Signals Command]].
[[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Sir Thomas Ulric Curzon Shirley''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|CEng|FRAeS|FIEE}} (4 June 1908 – 16 January 1982) was a [[Royal Air Force]] officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[RAF Signals Command|Signals Command]] from 1964 until 1966.


==RAF career==
==RAF career==
Shirley joined the [[Royal Air Force]] as a cadet in 1928.<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Shirley_TUC.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Vice-Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley]</ref> He served [[World War II]] as a Signals Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East and then as a Staff Officer in the Directorate of Telecommunications at the [[Air Ministry]].<ref name=air/> After the War he became Deputy Director of Signals at the Air Ministry and then Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Transport Command|Transport Command]] before becoming Director of Radio Engineering at the Air Ministry in 1950.<ref name=air/> He went on to be Senior Technical Staff Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Fighter Command|Fighter Command]] in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at [[RAF Signals Command|Signals Command]] in 1964 before retiring in 1966.<ref name=air/>
Shirley was commissioned as a [[Royal Air Force]] cadet at [[RAF Cranwell]] in 1928, and became a pilot in 1930, serving for the Army Cooperation Squadrons until 1936, when he became a Technical Specialist Officer in Signals Communications<ref name=air>[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Shirley_TUC.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice-Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley]</ref> He served the [[Second World War]] as a Signals Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East and then as a Staff Officer in the Directorate of Telecommunications at the [[Air Ministry]].<ref name=air/> After the war he became deputy director of Signals at the Air Ministry and then Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Transport Command|Transport Command]] before becoming Director of Radio Engineering at the Air Ministry in 1950.<ref name=air/> He went on to be Senior Technical Staff Officer at Headquarters [[RAF Fighter Command|Fighter Command]] in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at [[RAF Signals Command|Signals Command]] in 1964 before retiring in 1966.<ref name=air/>


==Family==
==Personal life==
He married Vera Overton.<ref>[http://www.iannounce.co.uk/East-Midlands/25/Obituary/obit?_fstatus=search&keywords=Thomas%20OVERTON Obituary: Lady Vera Shirley] Lincolnshire Echo, 7 February 2007</ref>
He married Vera Overton.<ref>[http://www.iannounce.co.uk/East-Midlands/25/Obituary/obit?_fstatus=search&keywords=Thomas%20OVERTON Obituary: Lady Vera Shirley] Lincolnshire Echo, 7 February 2007</ref>


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Latest revision as of 19:53, 31 August 2023

Sir Thomas Shirley
Born(1908-06-04)4 June 1908
Died16 January 1982(1982-01-16) (aged 73)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1928–66
RankAir Vice Marshal
CommandsSignals Command (1964–66)
RAF Technical College (1957–59)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches

Air Vice Marshal Sir Thomas Ulric Curzon Shirley, KBE, CB, CEng, FRAeS, FIEE (4 June 1908 – 16 January 1982) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Signals Command from 1964 until 1966.

RAF career

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Shirley was commissioned as a Royal Air Force cadet at RAF Cranwell in 1928, and became a pilot in 1930, serving for the Army Cooperation Squadrons until 1936, when he became a Technical Specialist Officer in Signals Communications[1] He served the Second World War as a Signals Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East and then as a Staff Officer in the Directorate of Telecommunications at the Air Ministry.[1] After the war he became deputy director of Signals at the Air Ministry and then Chief Signals Officer at Headquarters Transport Command before becoming Director of Radio Engineering at the Air Ministry in 1950.[1] He went on to be Senior Technical Staff Officer at Headquarters Fighter Command in 1959 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command in 1964 before retiring in 1966.[1]

Personal life

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He married Vera Overton.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice-Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley
  2. ^ Obituary: Lady Vera Shirley Lincolnshire Echo, 7 February 2007
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Signals Command
1964–1966 		Succeeded by


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