About Peter Furniss
Lived 1919 – 2005 (aged 86). Peter Furniss was a solicitor.
Air Vice-Marshal Peter Furniss, DFC (16 July 191911 December 2005) was a British solicitor and senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Director of Legal Services (RAF) and head of the RAF Legal Branch from 1978 to 1982.
Early life Furniss was born on 16 July 1919 in West Kirby, Cheshire (now Merseyside), England. On 31 January 1942, he was granted the rank of pilot officer (temporary) while serving with the Royal Air Force. He was promoted to flying officer (war substantive) on 1 October 1942. Having transferred to the RAF, he underwent training as a tactical reconnaissance pilot.
Honours and decorations On 29 December 1944, Furniss was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
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Royal Air Force air marshal
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Peter Furniss was born on 16 July 1919 in West Kirby.
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Peter Furniss died on 11 December 2005.
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