Percy Robert Clifford Groves

Percy Robert Clifford Groves CB CMG DSO (1878–1959) was a Brigadier General and chief Air Strategist.

Groves was educated at Bedford Modern School. During World War I Groves was Director of Flying Operations (1918) and Air Ministry Representative at the Paris Peace Conference (1919). He was the British air adviser to the Supreme Council and the Conference of Ambassadors (1921–22).

Groves was a member of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), 3rd Class with swords (1916) and a Commander of the Legion of Honour (1920). The National Portrait Gallery has numerous photographic portraits of Groves.

Selected works

 * Behind the Smoke Screen, 1934
 * Our Future In The Air, 1935