Editing Hugh Dowding (section)

===First World War===
Dowding transferred to [[No. 6 Squadron RAF|No. 6 Squadron]] in October 1914 and then, after two weeks as a staff officer in [[Western Front (World War I)|France]], became a Flight Commander, first with [[No. 9 Squadron RAF|No. 9 Squadron]] and then with No. 6 Squadron. He served from December 1914 as a general staff officer, grade 3 and was seconded.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29015|page=10922|date=22 December 1914}}</ref> He became commanding officer of the Wireless Experimental Establishment at Brooklands in March 1915 and went on to be commanding officer of [[No. 16 Squadron RAF|No. 16 Squadron]] in July 1915,<ref name=air/> which was based at [[La Gorgue]] in northern France.<ref name=cister>{{cite web | title=Beaupré-sur-la-Lys (Abbey) | website=European Charter of the Cistercian Abbeys and Sites | url=https://www.cister.net/abbeys/en/66/beaupre-sur-la-lys/ | access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>  After the [[Battle of the Somme]], Dowding clashed with General [[Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard|Hugh Trenchard]], the commander of the RFC, over the need to give pilots some rest and recuperation. In September 1915 [[Duncan Grinnell-Milne]] joined No 16 squadron as a junior pilot. Years later he published an account of his time in the squadron, in which he criticises Dowding as being "too reserved and aloof from his juniors", although efficient.<ref>Grinnell-Milne 1933, pp. 42–3</ref> Promoted to [[Major (rank)|major]] on 30 December 1915, Dowding was recalled to England in January 1916, and, having been promoted to temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] on 1 February 1916 was given command of 7 Wing at [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]] later that month. He transferred to the command of 9 Wing at [[Fienvillers]] in June 1916. Returning to England, he was promoted to temporary [[colonel]] on 1 January 1917 on appointment as commander of the Southern Group Command and promoted to temporary [[brigadier-general]] on 23 June 1917 before being given command of the southern training brigade in August 1917. He was sent to [[York]] as chief staff officer to the RAF's senior administrative officer in the area in April 1918.<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32884 |title=Hugh Dowding|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32884 |access-date= 19 August 2014 |last1=Orange |first1=Vincent }}</ref> He was appointed a [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] on 1 January 1919.<ref name=air/>