List of Royal Flying Corps generals
Senior generals
Ranks indicated are the highest rank the officer obtained while in the RFC. In addition to the above generals, Brigadier-General N J G Cameron was a member of the Royal Flying Corps reserve who had qualified as a military pilot.

List of Royal Flying Corps generals

Section Title: Senior generals
Table Section Text: Ranks indicated are the highest rank the officer obtained while in the RFC. In addition to the above generals, Brigadier-General N J G Cameron was a member of the Royal Flying Corps reserve who had qualified as a military pilot.

Portrait	General	Highest rank	Promoted Brig-Gen	Promoted Maj-Gen	Promoted Lt-Gen	Notes

-	Sir David Henderson	Lieutenant-General	4 April 1908	26 October 1914	24 March 1916	Promoted to Brig-Gen before creation of Royal Flying Corps. Temporary promotion to Lt-Gen 24 March 1916, substantive promotion 1 January 1917

-	Sir Hugh Trenchard	Major-General	25 August 1915	24 March 1916	N/A	Temporary promotion to major-general 24 March 1916, substantive promotion 1 January 1917

-	W S Brancker	Major-General	18 December 1915	22 June 1917	N/A	Temporary promotion to major-general 22 June 1917, rank made substantive in the RAF on 3 January 1918.

-	J M Salmond	Major-General	1 February 1916	22 June 1917	N/A	Temporary promotion to major-general 22 June 1917, rank made substantive in the RAF on 1 April 1918.

-	E B Ashmore	Major-General	30 January 1916	30 July 1917	N/A	Temporary promotion to major-general 30 July 1917, later regraded to air vice marshal in the RAF before being substantively promoted to major-general in the British Army on 1 January 1924.

C A H Longcroft	Major-General	28 August 1916	18 October 1917	N/A	Temporary promotion to major-general on 18 October 1917, reverted to temporary brigadier-general on 29 April 1918, substantively promoted to air-vice marshal 1 July 1925.

W G H Salmond	Major-General	1 July 1916	3 January 1918	N/A	Temporary promotion to major-general 3 January 1918

T I Webb-Bowen	Brigadier-General	1 February 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Promotion to acting major-general in the RAF on 1 February 1919, substantively promoted to air vice-marshal 1 July 1925.

-	H R M Brooke-Popham	Brigadier-General	12 March 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Later promoted to air chief marshal.

D S MacInnes	Brigadier-General	27 March 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 27 March 1916. Departed Royal Flying Corps duties in early 1917.

-	D le G Pitcher	Brigadier-General	1 April 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Permanent promotion to air commodore on 5 August 1919.

J F A Higgins	Brigadier-General	25 August 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen followed by temporary promotion to major-general on 29 April 1918 in the RAF. Permanent promotion to air vice-marshal on 1 August 1919.

P W Game	Brigadier-General	16 October 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen followed by temporary promotion to major-general on 14 October 1918 in the RAF. Permanent promotion to air vice-marshal on 1 January 1922.

-	J H W Becke	Brigadier-General	20 December 1916	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen. Retired on 29 February 1920 with the honorary rank of Brigadier-General in the RAF.

E L Ellington	Brigadier-General	14 January 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 14 January 1917 but not appointed to Royal Flying Corps duties until 20 November 1917. Temporary promotion to major-general in the RAF on 10 April 1918.

G S Shephard	Brigadier-General	8 February 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 8 February 1917. Killed in a flying accident 19 January 1918.

-	L E O Charlton	Brigadier-General	28 February 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 28 February 1917. Permanent promotion to air commodore on 5 August 1919.

W B Caddell	Brigadier-General	4 April 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 4 April 1917. Retired from the RAF on 28 May 1919 with the honorary rank of brig-gen.

H C T Dowding	Brigadier-General	23 June 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 23 June 1917. Later promoted to air chief marshal.

C G Hoare	Brigadier-General	1 August 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 1 August 1917. Relinquished his commission on 24 May 1919 when hold the rank of brig-gen.

P L W Herbert	Brigadier-General	5 August 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 5 August 1917. Retired from the RAF on 3 December 1929 as an honorary air commodore.

R E T Hogg	Brigadier-General	5 August 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 5 August 1917. Retired from the RAF on 1 September 1919 as an honorary brigadier-general.

-	G Livingston	Brigadier-General	9 August 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 9 August 1917. Retired from the RAF on 14 February 1919 as an honorary brigadier-general.

T C R Higgins	Brigadier-General	1 September 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 1 September 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 30 June 1922 and retired from the RAF on 1 November 1929 in that rank.

F L Festing	Brigadier-General	10 October 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 10 October 1917. Retired from the RAF after the war.

E R Ludlow-Hewitt	Brigadier-General	17 October 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 17 October 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 30 June 1923.

J G Hearson	Brigadier-General	28 October 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 28 October 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 30 June 1923.

-	A E Borton	Brigadier-General	14 December 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 14 December 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 1 October 1922.

A Huggins	Brigadier-General	22 December 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 22 December 1917. Retired from the RAF, retaining the rank, on 20 March 1919.

C L N Newall	Brigadier-General	28 December 1917	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 28 December 1917. Substantive promotion to air commodore on 1 January 1925.

-	A C Critchley	Brigadier-General	4 March 1918	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 4 March 1918. Retired from the RAF after the war.

C F De S Murphy	Brigadier-General	6 March 1918	N/A	N/A	Temporary promotion to brig-gen on 6 March 1918. Retired from the RAF after the war.

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Guy Livingston was a Royal Flying Corps general.

final_sentence: Guy Livingston was a Royal Flying Corps general.