. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst, KBE, CB, AFC, DL (15 December 1895 \u2013 6 November 1982), was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the Royal Indian Air Force upon Indian independence in August 1947, in which post he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958."@en . . . "1953"^^ . . . . . . . "Croix de Guerre"@en . . "1947"^^ . . "1945"^^ . . . . . . "No. 202 Group(1941\u201342)" . "1948"^^ . . . "AHQ Egypt(1942\u201343)" . . "Commander in Chief, Indian Air Force"@en . . . . . . . "Thomas Elmhirst"@en . . . . . . . . . "9175925"^^ . . "RAF Abingdon(1935\u201337, 1939\u201340)" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Katherine Gordon Black"@en . . . "1101020814"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1908"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "January \u2013 February 1950"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sir Thomas Elmhirst"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "1982-11-06"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force(1947\u201350)" . . . . . . "Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst, KBE, CB, AFC, DL (15 December 1895 \u2013 6 November 1982), was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the Royal Indian Air Force upon Indian independence in August 1947, in which post he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Dummer, Hampshire, England"@en . "No. 14 Squadron(1934\u201335)" . . "Yorkshire, England"@en . . . . . . . . . . "12617"^^ . . . . . "RAF Leconfield(1939)" . . . . . . . . . . "1895-12-15"^^ . . . . . . "Sir Thomas Elmhirst"@en . . . . . "1908"^^ . . . . . . . .