Air Marshal Sir Maurice Lionel Heath, (12 August 1909 – 9 July 1998) was a British senior

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officer who became Commander of British Forces Arabian Peninsula.

RAF career

Educated at Sutton Valence School in

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,Obituary: Air Marshal Sir Maurice Heath
The Times, 29 July 1998 Heath joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1927.
/ref> He served in the

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on the staff at the Deputy Directorate of Armament Training before becoming Station Commander at RAF Metheringham. He became Officer Commanding the Central Gunnery School in 1948, Officer Commanding the Bomber Command Bombing School in 1952 and Deputy Air Secretary in 1954. He was appointed Commander of British Forces Arabian Peninsula in 1957 before moving on to be Commandant at the

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in 1959 and Chief of Staff at Headquarters

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in 1962 before retiring in 1965. In retirement he became a working director of a London firm of estate agents as well as Deputy Lieutenant of

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Family

He married Kathleen Mary Gibson in 1938; they had one son and one daughter. Following the death of his first wife he married Lisa Cooke in 1989.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Heath, Mauurice 1909 births 1998 deaths Royal Air Force air marshals Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Sutton Valence School