[2][3] After first being taught by a series of governesses he then attended Miss Dixon's School in Thurloe Square, London.

[1] After Salmond graduated from Sandhurst with a commission as a second lieutenant on 8 January 1901,[5] he was transferred to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 9 March 1901.

[6] He sailed for South Africa to join his unit, which was engaged in the latter part of the Second Boer War.

[5] In 1902 he applied for a secondment to the West African Frontier Force but was turned down on the grounds that he was too young: he re-applied the following year and was accepted on 14 November 1903.

[9] Salmond's time in Africa was cut short as he was pronounced medically unfit and returned to England in November 1906.

7 Squadron flying Sopwith Tabloids and the RE8s from RAF Farnborough[5] with the temporary rank of major on 1 May 1914.

[25] Promoted to brevet colonel on 7 December 1917,[26] Salmond became General Officer Commanding the Royal Flying Corps in the Field (formation subsequently redesignated Royal Air Force in the Field) on 18 January 1918[27] and managed to secure complete air superiority over the German forces.

[31] He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1919[32] and awarded the American Distinguished Service Medal on 15 July 1919[33] and the French Croix de Guerre on 21 August 1919.

[5] He was placed on loan to Australian Government in May 1928, where he made an extensive aerial tour of northern Australia.

[5] In the autumn of 1940, he chaired a committee of enquiry into Britain's night air defences; his report was one factor in the removal of Hugh Dowding from Fighter Command.

3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on 5 January 1950[51] and attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.