Thomas Elmhirst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetThomas Elmhirst
senior commander in the Royal Air Force
Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1895
Place of Birth: Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Nov-1982
Profession: aircraft pilot
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Thomas Elmhirst
- Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst, (15 December 1895 – 6 November 1982) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the newly independent Indian Air Force where he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948.
- He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.
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