RAE, AVM Ronald Arthur Ramsay(1910-1994)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Rae
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: RAE, AVM Ronald Arthur Ramsay(1910-1994)
Date(s)	: Created 1994
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	:

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in Australia in 1910; educated at Lindfield Public School and Sydney High School and Technical College; served in Australian Citizens Force and then as a cadet, Royal Australian Air Force, 1930-1931; transferred to Royal Air Force, 1932; flying duties in UK and Middle East with 33 and 142 Sqns, 1932-1936; armament officer in Far East, 1938-1942; Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, Feb 1942; POW, 1943-1945; Gp Capt in command, Central Gunnery School, 1946; RAF Staff College, 1948; Deputy Director, Organisation (Establishment), Middle East; commanded RAF North Luffenham and RAF Oakington (206 Advanced Flying School); Commandant, Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down; Deputy Air Secretary, Air Ministry, 1957-1959; Air Officer Commanding 224 Group, Singapore, 1960; retired, 1962; died in 1994.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Memorial addresses and obituaries, 1994, including details of his service as Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1942, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by the Japanese, 1943-1945.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/top.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1995.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Imperial War Museum holds a collection of Rae's papers and a taped interview.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 1997