Bethany Webster
Air Marshal Dame Bethany Webster DCGO CG CSC NSC CStJ KHS | |
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Born | Ardrossan, Cambria | October 9, 1963
Allegiance | Gallambria |
Service/ | Royal Gallambrian Air Force |
Years of Service | 1987 - present |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
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Air Marshal Dame Bethany Webster (née McIntyre), DCGO, CG, CSC, NSC, CStJ, KHS, FRCS, is a senior officer of the Royal Gallambrian Air Force, and is the current Commander Support Command. She is also the first female RGAF officer to have obtained the rank of Air Vice Marshal.
Service Career
Educated at Regent's College Bromwich, Webster joined the RGAF in 1987. After a career in military medicine, she became Director of the Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine in 2009. Following deployment as commander of Joint Medical Services on regional stability operations around Marenesia, she became head of the RGAF Medical Services in 2014 and Air Officer Commanding Support Command in 2018. Following the retirement of Major General Major General Allan Keeling-Phelps in 2020, Webster was appointed Director Defence Health Services at Headquarters Defence Medical Services.
Honours and Awards
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Dame Commander of the Royal Georgian Order | 2015, for Service as Chief Surgeon to the King. | |
Commander of the Royal Georgian Order | 2012, for Service as Assistant Surgeon to the King. | |
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2010 | |
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2003 | ||
Conspicuous Service Cross | 2009, for Conspicuous service as Chief Medical Instructor, Defence School of Health and Medicine | |
Nursing Service Cross | 1993, for outstanding dedication and devotion to duty as Senior Trauma Surgeon, RGAF Forward Medical Team. | |
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2015, for service as Senior Medical Advisor to the St Johns Ambulance | |
Gallambrian Active Service Medal (1975) | 1991 Clasp(s):
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Marenesian War Medal | 1991 Commended for Valuable Service | |
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2012 | |
King Albert I Golden Jubilee Medal | 2008 | |
King Albert II Coronation Medal | 2013 | |
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2002 Bars(s):
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1991 | |
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2012 |
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Air Vice Marshal Stephen Collier |
Air Officer Commanding, Support Command 2018-Present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Air Commodore Peter Osler |
Head of RGAF Medical Services 2015-2017 |
Succeeded by Air Commodore Stephen Halstead |
Preceded by Air Commodore Kim Hargreaves |
Director, Institute of Aviation Medicine 2014-2015 |
Succeeded by Air Commodore Owen Cook |