Stephen Nulty Posted 6 March , 2009 Share Posted 6 March , 2009 In doing some reading on the Zeebrugge raid, I found reference to the amazing F. A. Brock as having a unique claim to be the only person who was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, a Wing Commander in the RAF and a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy, all at the same time. Further reading appears to confirm that he did indeed hold all these ranks, but how unique is that? Over to the experts....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 6 March , 2009 Share Posted 6 March , 2009 More likely if you're Royalty perhaps? NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 6 March , 2009 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2009 Good point, Nigel. I'll qualify the question by saying that I'm only interested in real people who merited their rank and decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 Frederick Sykes held rank in the RFC and RNAS at the same time; IIRC he also held rank in the Royal Marines, but I'm not sure whetehr he retained rank in all 3 services on the creation of the RAF. ADM 273/2 Page 48: Frederick H Sykes CMG. RNAS Officers Service ADM 273/30 Page 152: Frederick H Sykes CMG. RNAS Officers Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 SN Wonder if he got three lots of PAY? Thought process then tells me that he wouldn't, otherwise there might be more cases than you could shake a stick at ! Sotonmate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 At least all his ranks were the same. Post war, during the RAF control of the FAA dual rank continued, but it could differ. So men could out rank themselves in the air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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