Gareth Clayton (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Gareth Thomas Butler Clayton, KCB, DFC & Bar (13 November 1914 – 5 February 1992) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Secretary from 1970 to 1972.

576 Squadron in 1943 and then Deputy Station Commander at RAF Faldingworth in 1944.

11 Group in 1962 and Chief of Staff for the Second Tactical Air Force in 1963.

[1] He went on to be Director-General of RAF Personnel Services in 1966, Chief of Staff at Headquarters RAF Strike Command in 1969[2] and Air Secretary in 1970 before retiring in 1972.

[1] He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Polstead, Suffolk.