Robert Cecil Dawkins was a senior office in the Royal Air Force with a rank immediately below what other rank?
Robert Cecil Dawkins Group Captain Robert Cecil Dawkins CBE (1903-1985) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. In September 1951 he was made CBE for services in Malaya, principally for operational achievements while he was in command of the R.A.F. station at Tengah. In 1951 he was made station commander at R.A.F. Hendon until his retirement in 1955.
Lieutenant commander Lieutenant commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr. or LCDR) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank in most armies (armed services) and air forces is "major", and in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces is "squadron leader".