Background
GRANDY, Marshal of the R.A.F. John was born on February 8, 1913 in Northwood, Middx. Son of the late Francis Grandy and Nellie Grandy (nee Lincolnshire).
GRANDY, Marshal of the R.A.F. John was born on February 8, 1913 in Northwood, Middx. Son of the late Francis Grandy and Nellie Grandy (nee Lincolnshire).
University College School, London.
Served Second World War. Deputy Director Operational Training, Air Ministry 1946-1949. Air Attache, Brussels 1949-1950.
Commander Northern Sector Fighter Command 1950.
Air Staff Headquarters Fighter Command 1952-1954. Commdt. Central Fighter Establishment 1954-1957.
Imperial Defence College 1957. Commander Task Force Grapple 1957-1958.
Assistant Chief of Air Staff 1958-1961.
Commander in Chief Royal Air Force Germany, Commander 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force 1961-1963. A.O.C.-in-C. Bomber Command 1963-1965. Commander in Chief British Forces Far East and United Kingdom Military
Representative to Southeast Asia Treaty Organization 1965-1967.
Air Commodore 1956; Air Vice-Marshal 1958. Air Marshal 1961; Air Chief Marshal 1965.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force 1971. Chief of Air Staff 1967-1971.
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar 1973-1978.
Constable and Governor Windsor Castle 1978-1988. Director Brixton Estate Limited. 1971-1973, 1978-1983.
Senior President The Officers Association 1980-1982, Disablement in the City, Berkshire Branch BLESMA. Deputy Chairman Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund since 1980.
Patron Polish Air Force Association, G.
Chairman Trustees Imperial War Museum 1978-1979. Trustee Royal Air Force Church, Saint Clement Danes, Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust 1978-1988, Royal Air Force Trustee, Burma Star Association, The Prince Philip Trust Fund. President The Air League 1984-1987.
A Vice-President National Association of Boys Clubs.
Committee Royal Humane Society, Life PreRNLI since 1988.
Married Cecile Elizabeth Florence Rankin 1937.