Charlton, L. E. O. (Lionel Evelyn Oswald), 1879-1958
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found: Charlton, L. E. O. War over England, 1936:title page (L.E.O. Charlton)
found: Wikipedia entry for Lionel Charlton, viewed April 11, 2017(Air Commodore Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton, CB, CMG, DSO (7 July 1879, Picadilly, London - 18 April 1958, Hexham, Northumberland) was a British infantry officer who served in the Second Boer War. During the First World War, Charlton held several command and staff posts in the Royal Flying Corps, finishing the war as a brigadier general. Transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation, Charlton served in several air officer posts until his retirement from the air force in 1928. Most notably, Charlton resigned his position as the RAF's Chief Staff Officer in Iraq as he objected to the bombing of Iraqi villages.
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