Charles Dempster Breese
Breese in Royal Navy uniform
Born(1889-04-23)23 April 1889
Died5 March 1941(1941-03-05) (aged 51)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy (1909–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–41)
Years of service1909–41
RankAir Vice Marshal
Commands heldNo. 18 Group (1938–41)
No. 17 Group (1937–38)
No. 23 Group (1936–37)
RAF Gosport (1928–30)
Central Flying School (1919–20)
No. 6 Squadron RNAS (1917)
No. 10 Squadron RNAS (1917)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Air Vice Marshal Charles Dempster Breese, CB, AFC (23 April 1889 – 5 March 1941) was an officer in the Royal Navy and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century.

Honours

  • 1933 – Companion of the Order of the Bath for valuable services rendered in connection with the operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq during the period December 1931 to June 1932.[1]

References

  1. "No. 33984". The London Gazette. 6 October 1933. p. 6415.


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