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- OBJECT TYPE
- Appointment/Temporary
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1877.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Air Ministry
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.6 cm
- Width
- 30.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence UK
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWI (1914-1918); certificate is dated Nov. 1, 1918; the appointment is retroactive to April 1, 1918
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
the RFC was absorbed into the RAF in 1918, necessitating new appointments for officers in the newly-created service branch - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on certificate reads: "TEMPORARY/George by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of/Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender/of the Faith, Emperor of India, &c./To Our Trusty and well beloved John Gladwyn Rolph, Greeting./We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage,/and good Conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our/Royal Air Force from the First Day of April 1918. You are therefore carefully and diligently/to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Lieutenant or in such higher Rank as/We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to promote or appoint you to of which a notification/will be made in the London Gazette and you are at all times to exercise and well discipline in/Arms both the inferior Officers and Men serving under you and use your best endeavours/to keep them in good Order and Discipline./And We do hereby Command them to Obey you/as their superior Officer and you to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as from time/to time you shall receive from Us or any your superior Officer according to the Rules and/Discipline of War in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you./Given at Our Court at Saint James's the First/day of/November 1918 in the Ninth Year of Our Reign./By His Majesty's Command,"; 2 illeg. hand written signatures at bottom right; hand written signature at upper left: "George R.I."; raised lettering on edge of seal reads: "CONCIL ABR BRITT MAG SIGIL OFFI"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- black text on white paper; red ink stamp at top tight
- Decoration
- RAF seal at bottom centre
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Air Ministry, Certificate, 1918, Artifact no. 1981.1877, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1877.001/
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