List of Royal Flying Corps generals

The following is a list of senior Royal Flying Corps generals. While officially general officers are not considered to belong to any regiment or corps (simply being "late" of their erstwhile regiment), in practice almost all the general officers ever to hold a Royal Flying Corps-related appointment gained their promotion to the general officer ranks in a Royal Flying Corps-related appointment and remained in such appointments until the creation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. Royal Flying corps generals them became Royal Air Force generals. Two officers took up Royal Flying Corps related appointments while holding general officer rank. They were David Henderson who was already a brigadier-general when the Royal Flying Corps was established and Edward Ellington was was promoted to brigadier-general while serving on the General Staff of the British VIII Corps in France, prior to taking up appointment as Deputy Director-General of Military Aeronautics. Ranks indicated are the highest rank the officer obtained while in the RFC.


 * Brigadier-General W B Caddell, temporary promotion 4 April 1917
 * Brigadier-General H C T Dowding, temporary promotion 23 June 1917
 * Brigadier-General P L W Herbert, temporary promotion 5 August 1917
 * Brigadier-General R E T Hogg, temporary promotion 5 August 1917
 * Brigadier-General G Livingstone, temporary promotion 9 August 1917
 * Brigadier-General T C R Higgins, temporary promotion 1 September 1917
 * Brigadier-General E R Ludlow-Hewitt, temporary promotion 17 October 1917
 * Brigadier-General J G Hearson, temporary promotion 28 October 1917
 * Brigadier-General A E Borton, temporary promotion 14 December 1917
 * Brigadier-General A Huggins, temporary promotion 22 December 1917
 * Brigadier-General C L N Newall, temporary promotion 28 December 1917
 * Brigadier-General A C Critchley, temporary promotion 4 March 1918
 * Brigadier-General C F De S Murphy, temporary promotion 6 March 1918