Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle

Sir Dermot Boyle was the first Cranwell graduate to become Chief of the Air Staff. He was also the first Chairman of trustees for the Royal Air Force Museum.

Dermot Boyle’s long and varied career in the RAF began at the RAF College, Cranwell, from where he graduated in 1924. His first posting was to No. 1 Squadron in Iraq, flying Sopwith Snipes. He was involved in every major RAF campaign and eventually became Chief of the Air Staff in 1956. He was Chairman of Trustees for the Royal Air Force Museum from 1965 until 1974. From Left: Air Force Cross, 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with clasp FRANCE AND GERMANY, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 with Mention in Despatches, Coronation Medal 1937, Coronation Medal 1953, Silver Jubilee Medal 1977, Order of the Crown of Belgium, with rosette and laurel spray, Croix de Guerre 1940-1945, Belgium