{"id":2577,"date":"2018-04-01T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T08:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:37:53","slug":"on-this-day-100-years-of-the-raf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/on-this-day-100-years-of-the-raf","title":{"rendered":"On This Day… 100 Years Of The RAF"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cyril<\/a>

Cyril Ellen’s 1918 RAF Commission
(click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

1ST APRIL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To mark 100 years today since the birth of the RAF (Royal Air Force), I’m posting a copy of the Commission that Harvey’s grandad, then Lieut. Cyril Norman Ellen D.F.C.<\/a><\/strong>, received in November 1918 and which had come into effect on 1st April 1918.<\/p>\n

Cyril was based in Stavros in Greece at the time and Frank Marlowe, one of the pilots serving with him, wrote in his diary: –<\/p>\n

\n

31st March: The last day of the RNAS. Tomorrow we become RAF – and we don’t like it a bit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1ST APRIL To mark 100 years today since the birth of the RAF (Royal Air Force), I’m posting a copy of the Commission that Harvey’s grandad, then Lieut. Cyril Norman Ellen D.F.C., received in November 1918 and which had come … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-2577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestors-corner","category-on-this-day","tag-ellen"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t