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    Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, GCB, DSO, MC (3 June 1897 – 12 July 1979) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF)...
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  • railway engineer John Slessor (1897–1975), Marshal of the Royal Air Force Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971), Australian poet Mary Slessor (1848–1915), Scottish...
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    Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one...
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  • Sir John Slessor, chairman of the expedition committee. Ice stream List of glaciers in the Antarctic List of Antarctic ice streams Glaciology "Slessor Glacier...
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    the Caucasus in the early years of the Second World War. Air Commodore John Slessor oversaw planning directed against Soviet oil industry. British military...
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  • Shukman, poet Nevil Shute (1899–1960), novelist Sir John Slessor, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Smyth, serviceman, lieutenant, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs...
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    Kenneth Adolphe Slessor OBE (27 March 1901 – 30 June 1971) was an Australian poet, journalist and official war correspondent in World War II. He was one...
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    World War to have risen through the ranks to RAF's senior post; Sir John Slessor had originally served in the Royal Flying Corps while Sir William Dickson...
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    four Sabres. The British Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slessor, commented: "not only is it faster than anything we are building today...
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    positions in business and academia. Tedder was born the son of Sir Arthur John Tedder and Emily Charlotte Tedder (née Bryson) at the Glenguin Distillery...
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