RAF Staff College, Andover

On 14 November 1921, Air Commodore Robert Brooke-Popham was tasked with setting up the RAF Staff College.

The dog seen in the photograph on Robert Brooke-Popham's lap was Jane who was buried in the Staff College grounds.

Although the College was closed on 3 September 1939, the day the British declaration of war was made, it reopened the same November running shorter courses.

The College at Bulstrode Park was later reduced in size and only offered training to allied and foreign air force officers.

When Bulstrode Park closed in 1948, this smaller College returned to Andover and its role in training overseas officers was continued.