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Richard Nelson (RAF officer) was born on 13 November, 1907 in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, is a Canadian–born Royal Air Force officer (1907–2001). Discover Richard Nelson (RAF officer)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 13 November 1907
Birthday 13 November
Birthplace Ponoka, Alberta, Canada
Date of death 5 November, 2001
Died Place Hampshire, UK
Nationality Canada

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1907

Air Marshal Sir Richard Carlyle Nelson, (November 13, 1907 – November 5, 2001) was a Canadian-born senior Royal Air Force officer who acted as Director-General of the RAF Medical Services from 1962 to 1967 and Honorary Physician to the Queen from 1961 until 1967.

Nelson was born in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, on November 13, 1907 to Marcus Nelson and Jane Amelia Cartwright.

He had two brothers: Meredith and Francis, both of whom served.

1930

He graduated from the University of Alberta with his MD and, In the 1930s, moved to the UK, where in 1934, he joined the RAF.

1934

Nelson joined the RAF in 1934 as a Flying Officer.

1936

In 1936 he was promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant which he held until 1940.

When the RAF established a field hospital at Fuka in the Western Desert, he was the senior medical Flight Lieutenant in the Middle East and was appointed to command it.

As the post was a Wing Commander's post, he went straight from Flight Lieutenant to Wing Commander.

1949

In 1949 Nelson was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

1950

He remained in this rank until he was promoted to Group Captain in the 1950s.

1957

In 1957, he was promoted to Air Commodore. Two years after, in 1959, he was promoted to the acting rank of Air Vice-Marshal.

1961

During Nelson's tenure as Air Vice-Marshal, he was made Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP) in 1961.

In 1961 he was created Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP).

1962

His final promotion in 1962 made him an Air-Marshal as Director-General of the RAF medical services, a post which he held until his military retirement in 1967.

One year later, in 1962, he was created Commander of the Order of Bath (CB).

1963

In 1963 he was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of Bath (KCB).

1964

In 1964, Nelson was made a Commander of the order of Saint John (CStJ).

1967

After his retirement from the RAF in 1967, Nelson joined the Nicholas Research Institute in Slough, as Medical Director and Director of Research until his retirement in October 1972.

2001

He died in 2001 at his home in Hampshire, UK.