About Lawrence Pendred
Lived 1899 – 1986 (aged 87). Lawrence Pendred was a military personnel.
Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Fleming Pendred, (5 May 1899 – 19 September 1986) was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command from 1952 until his retirement in 1955.
RAF career Educated at Epsom College, Pendred joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 towards the end of the First World War and served as a pilot with No. 2 Squadron. He specialised in intelligence and in 1930 he joined the Intelligence Staff at Headquarters RAF Transjordan and Palestine.
In retirement Pendred was President of the Old Epsomian Club.
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Lawrence Pendred was born on 5 May 1899.
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Lawrence Pendred died on 19 September 1986.
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