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About Thomas Elmhirst
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the Royal Indian Air Force upon Indian independence in August 1947, in which post he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.
Everything about Thomas Elmhirst →- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Position held
- Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
- Born
- December 15, 1895
- Died
- November 6, 1982