Allegiance United Kingdom Died September 5, 1974 Years of service 1914-1951 Rank Air vice-marshal | Name Thomas Bowler Role RAF officer | |
Born 1 March 1895 ( 1895-03-01 ) Service/branch British Army
Royal Air Force Battles/wars First World War
Second World War Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Mentioned in dispatches | ||
Battles and wars World War I, World War II | ||
Air-Vice Marshal Thomas Geoffrey Bowler (1 March 1895 – 5 September 1974) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.
Bowler was educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire. He joined the British Army at the outbreak of the First World War, commissioning into the Dorset Regiment. He was promoted to captain on 23 August 1915, and served in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was mentioned in dispatches in 1916. In 1917, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. Bowler was made Flight Lieutenant (Aeroplane Branch) in 1919 in the Royal Air Force and afterwards held numerous RAF appointments in England and the Middle East. He started his service in the Second World War as a wing commander, ending the war as an air commodore. He was promoted to air-vice marshal in 1947. Bowler was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 7 June 1951, having retired from the Royal Air Force two months earlier.