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	Brigadier-General '''Cuthbert Gurney Hoare''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CBE\|CMG\|sep=yes}} (21 January 1883 – 31 January 1969) was an officer of the British and [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]], who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and as the commander of [[Royal Flying Corps Canada]].<ref name="rafweb">{{cite web \|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Hoare.htm \|title=Brigadier-General Cuthbert Gurney Hoare \|first=M. B. \|last=Barrass \|work=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation \|year=2015 \|access-date=6 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Brigadier-General '''Cuthbert Gurney Hoare''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|CBE\|CMG\|sep=yes}} (21 January 1883 – 31 January 1969) was an officer of the British and [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]], who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and as the commander of [[Royal Flying Corps Canada]].<ref name="rafweb">{{cite web \|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Hoare.htm \|title=Brigadier-General Cuthbert Gurney Hoare \|first=M. B. \|last=Barrass \|work=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation \|year=2015 \|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref>

	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	Hoare was the youngest of five sons of Charles Richard Gurney Hoare {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|JP}}, and Rachel Georgina Bevan, of [[Biggleswade]], [[Bedfordshire]],<ref name="armorialfamilies">{{cite book \|url= https://archive.org/stream/armorialfamilies01foxd#page/950/mode/2up \|title=Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat armour \|first=Arthur Charles \|last=Fox-Davies \|authorlink=Arthur Charles Fox-Davies \|edition=7th \|location=London, UK \|publisher=[[Hurst & Blackett]] \|year=1929 \|access-date=6 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> and was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="rafweb"/>		Hoare was the youngest of five sons of Charles Richard Gurney Hoare {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|JP}}, and Rachel Georgina Bevan, of [[Biggleswade]], [[Bedfordshire]],<ref name="armorialfamilies">{{cite book \|url= https://archive.org/stream/armorialfamilies01foxd#page/950/mode/2up \|title=Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat armour \|first=Arthur Charles \|last=Fox-Davies \|authorlink=Arthur Charles Fox-Davies \|edition=7th \|location=London, UK \|publisher=[[Hurst & Blackett]] \|year=1929 \|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> and was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="rafweb"/>

	==Military career==		==Military career==
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	On 4 January 1902, Hoare was seconded for service with the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=7 February 1902 \|issue=27404 \|page=785 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> He was transferred to the British Indian Army on 13 February 1903,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=30 June 1903 \|issue=27570 \|page=4099 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> to serve in the [[39th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse]],<ref name="rafweb"/> and on 8 May 1910 he was promoted to captain.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=21 June 1910 \|issue=28386 \|page=4384 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>		On 4 January 1902, Hoare was seconded for service with the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=7 February 1902 \|issue=27404 \|page=785 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> He was transferred to the British Indian Army on 13 February 1903,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=30 June 1903 \|issue=27570 \|page=4099 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> to serve in the [[39th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse]],<ref name="rafweb"/> and on 8 May 1910 he was promoted to captain.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=21 June 1910 \|issue=28386 \|page=4384 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>

	Hoare learned to fly, being awarded Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No. 126 on 29 August 1911, after flying a [[Bristol Boxkite]] at the Bristol Flying School on [[Salisbury Plain]] after four weeks instruction.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1911/1911%20-%200754.html \|title=Royal Aero Club \|issue=140 \|volume=III \|page=756 & 761 \|journal=[[Flight International\|Flight]] \|date=2 September 1911 \|access-date=6 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> In June 1913, Hoare was selected for training as an instructor for the newly created Indian Flying Corps, undertaking a course at the [[Central Flying School]] at [[RAF Upavon\|Upavon]] before being officially appointed a flying instructor at the Indian Central Flying School at [[Sitapur]] on 14 April 1914.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200630.html \|title=The Indian Flying Corps \|issue=233 \|volume=V \|page=656 \|journal=Flight \|date=14 June 1913 \|access-date=6 February ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette \|date=12 June 1914 \|issue=28839 \|page=4620 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>		Hoare learned to fly, being awarded Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No. 126 on 29 August 1911, after flying a [[Bristol Boxkite]] at the Bristol Flying School on [[Salisbury Plain]] after four weeks instruction.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1911/1911%20-%200754.html \|title=Royal Aero Club \|issue=140 \|volume=III \|page=756 & 761 \|journal=[[Flight International\|Flight]] \|date=2 September 1911 \|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> In June 1913, Hoare was selected for training as an instructor for the newly created Indian Flying Corps, undertaking a course at the [[Central Flying School]] at [[RAF Upavon\|Upavon]] before being officially appointed a flying instructor at the Indian Central Flying School at [[Sitapur]] on 14 April 1914.<ref>{{cite journal \|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200630.html \|title=The Indian Flying Corps \|issue=233 \|volume=V \|page=656 \|journal=Flight \|date=14 June 1913 \|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette \|date=12 June 1914 \|issue=28839 \|page=4620 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>

	Following the outbreak of the war in Europe in August 1914, Hoare returned to England, where he was appointed a [[flight commander]] in the [[Royal Flying Corps]] on 12 September,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=22 September 1914 \|issue=28910 \|page=7479 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> being promoted to command of [[No. 7 Squadron RAF\|No. 7 Squadron]]<ref name="rafweb"/> as a squadron commander with the rank of temporary major on 24 March 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=6 April 1915 \|supp=y \|issue=29120 \|page=3413 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>		Following the outbreak of the war in Europe in August 1914, Hoare returned to England, where he was appointed a [[flight commander]] in the [[Royal Flying Corps]] on 12 September,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=22 September 1914 \|issue=28910 \|page=7479 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> being promoted to command of [[No. 7 Squadron RAF\|No. 7 Squadron]]<ref name="rafweb"/> as a squadron commander with the rank of temporary major on 24 March 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=6 April 1915 \|supp=y \|issue=29120 \|page=3413 \|nolink=yes}}</ref>

	No. 7 Squadron were sent to France on 8 April, equipped with two flights of [[Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5\|R.E.5]]s and one flight of [[Vickers F.B.5\|Vickers Fighters]] (which were soon replaced by [[Voisin III\|Voisins]]), and soon found itself engaged in the [[Second Battle of Ypres]]. Its first operations were flown on 16 April 1915, with each aircraft carrying three {{Convert\|20\|lb\|adj=on}} bombs. Tactical reconnaissance, artillery observation and bombing were its main duties, and on 12 May one aircraft made a particularly valuable reconnaissance, reporting a stream of enemy traffic moving through [[Valenciennes]] towards [[Douai]] and [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais\|Lens]], the first indication that the Germans were easing their pressure on Ypres and moving south for the [[battle of Festubert]]. No. 7 Squadron was then assigned to patrol the front lines between [[La Bassée]] and Lens, to provide cover for artillery observation aircraft during the [[battle of Loos]]. The squadron's awards list was opened on 15 July 1915 when Captain [[John Aidan Liddell]] won the [[Victoria Cross]], bringing back his damaged aircraft despite being severely wounded. The squadron also had some success as a bomber unit, notably on a raid in September 1915 when Lieutenant M. G. Christie dropped two {{Convert\|112\|lb\|adj=on}} bombs on the railway yard at [[Valenciennes]] from a height of {{Convert\|4800\|ft}}. His bombs hit two ammunition trains, both of which exploded, causing an immense amount of damage. Hoare finally handed over command of No. 7 Squadron to Major F. L. J. Cogan on 7 November 1915.<ref>{{cite journal \|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%200944.html \|title=No. 7 Squadron: The History of a Famous Bomber Unit (Part I) \|first=John \|last=Yoxall \|issue=2208 \|volume=LIX \|pages=589–591 \|journal=Flight \|date=18 May 1951 \|access-date=6 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		No. 7 Squadron were sent to France on 8 April, equipped with two flights of [[Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5\|R.E.5]]s and one flight of [[Vickers F.B.5\|Vickers Fighters]] (which were soon replaced by [[Voisin III\|Voisins]]), and soon found itself engaged in the [[Second Battle of Ypres]]. Its first operations were flown on 16 April 1915, with each aircraft carrying three {{Convert\|20\|lb\|adj=on}} bombs. Tactical reconnaissance, artillery observation and bombing were its main duties, and on 12 May one aircraft made a particularly valuable reconnaissance, reporting a stream of enemy traffic moving through [[Valenciennes]] towards [[Douai]] and [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais\|Lens]], the first indication that the Germans were easing their pressure on Ypres and moving south for the [[battle of Festubert]]. No. 7 Squadron was then assigned to patrol the front lines between [[La Bassée]] and Lens, to provide cover for artillery observation aircraft during the [[battle of Loos]]. The squadron's awards list was opened on 15 July 1915 when Captain [[John Aidan Liddell]] won the [[Victoria Cross]], bringing back his damaged aircraft despite being severely wounded. The squadron also had some success as a bomber unit, notably on a raid in September 1915 when Lieutenant M. G. Christie dropped two {{Convert\|112\|lb\|adj=on}} bombs on the railway yard at [[Valenciennes]] from a height of {{Convert\|4800\|ft}}. His bombs hit two ammunition trains, both of which exploded, causing an immense amount of damage. Hoare finally handed over command of No. 7 Squadron to Major F. L. J. Cogan on 7 November 1915.<ref>{{cite journal \|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%200944.html \|title=No. 7 Squadron: The History of a Famous Bomber Unit (Part I) \|first=John \|last=Yoxall \|issue=2208 \|volume=LIX \|pages=589–591 \|journal=Flight \|date=18 May 1951 \|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref>

	On 15 November 1915 Hoare was appointed Assistant Commandant of the Central Flying School at Upavon, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=19 November 1915 \|supp=y \|issue=29375 \|page=11561 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> serving there until 2 April 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=2 May 1916 \|supp=y \|issue=29567 \|page=4441 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> when he was appointed a wing commander,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=25 April 1916 \|issue=29559 \|page=4238 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> to serve as [[Officer Commanding]], No. 14 (Army) Wing,<ref name="rafweb"/> tasked with supporting [[Fourth Army (United Kingdom)\|Fourth Army]] during the [[battle of the Somme]].<ref>{{cite web \|first=Thomas G. \|last=Bradbeer \|title=The Battle for Air Supremacy over the Somme, 1 June–30 November 1916 \|format=PDF \|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA428801 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206070809/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA428801 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=6 February 2015 \|date=18 June 2004 \|work=U.S. Army Command and General Staff College \|access-date=5 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> On 13 November 1916 Hoare was one of a long list of officers [[mentioned in despatches]] by General Sir [[Douglas Haig]], Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=29890 \|date=2 January 1917 \|page=204 \|supp=y \|nolink=yes}}</ref>		On 15 November 1915 Hoare was appointed Assistant Commandant of the Central Flying School at Upavon, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=19 November 1915 \|supp=y \|issue=29375 \|page=11561 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> serving there until 2 April 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=2 May 1916 \|supp=y \|issue=29567 \|page=4441 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> when he was appointed a wing commander,<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=25 April 1916 \|issue=29559 \|page=4238 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> to serve as [[Officer Commanding]], No. 14 (Army) Wing,<ref name="rafweb"/> tasked with supporting [[Fourth Army (United Kingdom)\|Fourth Army]] during the [[battle of the Somme]].<ref>{{cite web \|first=Thomas G. \|last=Bradbeer \|title=The Battle for Air Supremacy over the Somme, 1 June–30 November 1916 \|format=PDF \|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA428801 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206070809/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA428801 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=6 February 2015 \|date=18 June 2004 \|work=U.S. Army Command and General Staff College \|access-date=5 February 2014}}</ref> On 13 November 1916 Hoare was one of a long list of officers [[mentioned in despatches]] by General Sir [[Douglas Haig]], Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=29890 \|date=2 January 1917 \|page=204 \|supp=y \|nolink=yes}}</ref>

	In January 1917, Hoare was appointed Officer Commanding, [[Royal Flying Corps Canada]],{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=17}} an organisation formed to recruit and train pilots and aircrew, with its main base at [[CFB Borden\|Camp Borden]], near [[Barrie]], Ontario.{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=21}} On 1 August, he was appointed brigade commander<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=28 August 1917 \|issue=30256 \|page=8950 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> and became [[General Officer Commanding]], with the temporary rank of brigadier-general.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=28 August 1917 \|supp=y \|issue=30256 \|page=8950 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> (His brother, Colonel [[Francis Hoare]], served under him in charge of technical branch.{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=71}}) On 1 April 1918, the Army's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were merged to form the Royal Air Force, and Hoare was commissioned into the RAF with the same rank.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=12 November 1918 \|issue=31005 \|page=13318 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> On 3 June 1918, Hoare was made a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) "in recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with the war",<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=31 May 1918 \|supp=y \|issue=30723 \|page=6530 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> and also received another mention in despatches.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=31 May 1918 \|issue=30722 \|page=6521 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> By the time of the [[armistice of 11 November 1918]] Hoare's organisation had trained 3,135 pilots and 137 observers, of whom 2,539 pilots and 85 observers had been sent overseas.{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=75}}		In January 1917, Hoare was appointed Officer Commanding, [[Royal Flying Corps Canada]],{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=17}} an organisation formed to recruit and train pilots and aircrew, with its main base at [[CFB Borden\|Camp Borden]], near [[Barrie]], Ontario.{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=21}} On 1 August, he was appointed brigade commander<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=28 August 1917 \|issue=30256 \|page=8950 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> and became [[General Officer Commanding]], with the temporary rank of brigadier-general.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=28 August 1917 \|supp=y \|issue=30256 \|page=8950 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> (His brother, Colonel [[Francis Hoare]], served under him in charge of technical branch.{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=71}}) On 1 April 1918, the Army's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were merged to form the Royal Air Force, and Hoare was commissioned into the RAF with the same rank.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=12 November 1918 \|issue=31005 \|page=13318 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> On 3 June 1918, Hoare was made a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) "in recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with the war",<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=31 May 1918 \|supp=y \|issue=30723 \|page=6530 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> and also received another mention in despatches.<ref>{{London Gazette \|date=31 May 1918 \|issue=30722 \|page=6521 \|nolink=yes}}</ref> By the time of the [[armistice of 11 November 1918]] Hoare's organisation had trained 3,135 pilots and 137 observers, of whom 2,539 pilots and 85 observers had been sent overseas.{{sfnp\|Sullivan\|1919\|p=75}}

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Brigadier-General '''Cuthbert Gurney Hoare''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|CMG|sep=yes}} (21 January 1883 – 31 January 1969) was an officer of the British and [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]], who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and as the commander of [[Royal Flying Corps Canada]].<ref name="rafweb">{{cite web |url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Hoare.htm |title=Brigadier-General Cuthbert Gurney Hoare |first=M. B. |last=Barrass |work=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation |year=2015 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Hoare was the youngest of five sons of Charles Richard Gurney Hoare {{post-nominals|country=GBR|JP}}, and Rachel Georgina Bevan, of [[Biggleswade]], [[Bedfordshire]],<ref name="armorialfamilies">{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/stream/armorialfamilies01foxd#page/950/mode/2up |title=Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat armour |first=Arthur Charles |last=Fox-Davies |authorlink=Arthur Charles Fox-Davies |edition=7th |location=London, UK |publisher=[[Hurst & Blackett]] |year=1929 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> and was educated at [[Harrow School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="rafweb"/>

==Military career==
Hoare entered the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], as a [[Gentleman Cadet|cadet]],<ref name="rafweb"/> and after [[passing out]] was assigned to the [[Worcestershire Regiment]] with the rank of second lieutenant on 8 May 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=7 May 1901 |issue=27311 |page=3129}}</ref>

On 4 January 1902, Hoare was seconded for service with the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette |date=7 February 1902 |issue=27404 |page=785 |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was transferred to the British Indian Army on 13 February 1903,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=30 June 1903 |issue=27570 |page=4099 |nolink=yes}}</ref> to serve in the [[39th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse]],<ref name="rafweb"/> and on 8 May 1910 he was promoted to captain.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=21 June 1910 |issue=28386 |page=4384 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

Hoare learned to fly, being awarded Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No. 126 on 29 August 1911, after flying a [[Bristol Boxkite]] at the Bristol Flying School on [[Salisbury Plain]] after four weeks instruction.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1911/1911%20-%200754.html |title=Royal Aero Club |issue=140 |volume=III |page=756 & 761 |journal=[[Flight International|Flight]] |date=2 September 1911 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> In June 1913, Hoare was selected for training as an instructor for the newly created Indian Flying Corps, undertaking a course at the [[Central Flying School]] at [[RAF Upavon|Upavon]] before being officially appointed a flying instructor at the Indian Central Flying School at [[Sitapur]] on 14 April 1914.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1913/1913%20-%200630.html |title=The Indian Flying Corps |issue=233 |volume=V |page=656 |journal=Flight |date=14 June 1913 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |date=12 June 1914 |issue=28839 |page=4620 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

Following the outbreak of the war in Europe in August 1914, Hoare returned to England, where he was appointed a [[flight commander]] in the [[Royal Flying Corps]] on 12 September,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=22 September 1914 |issue=28910 |page=7479 |nolink=yes}}</ref> being promoted to command of [[No. 7 Squadron RAF|No. 7 Squadron]]<ref name="rafweb"/> as a squadron commander with the rank of temporary major on 24 March 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=6 April 1915 |supp=y |issue=29120 |page=3413 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

No. 7 Squadron were sent to France on 8 April, equipped with two flights of [[Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5|R.E.5]]s and one flight of [[Vickers F.B.5|Vickers Fighters]] (which were soon replaced by [[Voisin III|Voisins]]), and soon found itself engaged in the [[Second Battle of Ypres]]. Its first operations were flown on 16 April 1915, with each aircraft carrying three {{Convert|20|lb|adj=on}} bombs. Tactical reconnaissance, artillery observation and bombing were its main duties, and on 12 May one aircraft made a particularly valuable reconnaissance, reporting a stream of enemy traffic moving through [[Valenciennes]] towards [[Douai]] and [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], the first indication that the Germans were easing their pressure on Ypres and moving south for the [[battle of Festubert]]. No. 7 Squadron was then assigned to patrol the front lines between [[La Bassée]] and Lens, to provide cover for artillery observation aircraft during the [[battle of Loos]]. The squadron's awards list was opened on 15 July 1915 when Captain [[John Aidan Liddell]] won the [[Victoria Cross]], bringing back his damaged aircraft despite being severely wounded. The squadron also had some success as a bomber unit, notably on a raid in September 1915 when Lieutenant M. G. Christie dropped two {{Convert|112|lb|adj=on}} bombs on the railway yard at [[Valenciennes]] from a height of {{Convert|4800|ft}}. His bombs hit two ammunition trains, both of which exploded, causing an immense amount of damage. Hoare finally handed over command of No. 7 Squadron to Major F. L. J. Cogan on 7 November 1915.<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%200944.html |title=No. 7 Squadron: The History of a Famous Bomber Unit (Part I) |first=John |last=Yoxall |issue=2208 |volume=LIX |pages=589–591 |journal=Flight |date=18 May 1951 |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>

On 15 November 1915 Hoare was appointed Assistant Commandant of the Central Flying School at Upavon, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=19 November 1915 |supp=y |issue=29375 |page=11561 |nolink=yes}}</ref> serving there until 2 April 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=2 May 1916 |supp=y |issue=29567 |page=4441 |nolink=yes}}</ref> when he was appointed a wing commander,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=25 April 1916 |issue=29559 |page=4238 |nolink=yes}}</ref> to serve as [[Officer Commanding]], No. 14 (Army) Wing,<ref name="rafweb"/> tasked with supporting [[Fourth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourth Army]] during the [[battle of the Somme]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Thomas G. |last=Bradbeer |title=The Battle for Air Supremacy over the Somme, 1 June–30 November 1916 |format=PDF |url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA428801 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206070809/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA428801 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 February 2015 |date=18 June 2004 |work=U.S. Army Command and General Staff College |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> On 13 November 1916 Hoare was one of a long list of officers [[mentioned in despatches]] by General Sir [[Douglas Haig]], Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29890 |date=2 January 1917 |page=204 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>

In January 1917, Hoare was appointed Officer Commanding, [[Royal Flying Corps Canada]],{{sfnp|Sullivan|1919|p=17}} an organisation formed to recruit and train pilots and aircrew, with its main base at [[CFB Borden|Camp Borden]], near [[Barrie]], Ontario.{{sfnp|Sullivan|1919|p=21}} On 1 August, he was appointed brigade commander<ref>{{London Gazette |date=28 August 1917 |issue=30256 |page=8950 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and became [[General Officer Commanding]], with the temporary rank of brigadier-general.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=28 August 1917 |supp=y |issue=30256 |page=8950 |nolink=yes}}</ref> (His brother, Colonel [[Francis Hoare]], served under him in charge of technical branch.{{sfnp|Sullivan|1919|p=71}}) On 1 April 1918, the Army's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were merged to form the Royal Air Force, and Hoare was commissioned into the RAF with the same rank.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=12 November 1918 |issue=31005 |page=13318 |nolink=yes}}</ref> On 3 June 1918, Hoare was made a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) "in recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with the war",<ref>{{London Gazette |date=31 May 1918 |supp=y |issue=30723 |page=6530 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and also received another mention in despatches.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=31 May 1918 |issue=30722 |page=6521 |nolink=yes}}</ref> By the time of the [[armistice of 11 November 1918]] Hoare's organisation had trained 3,135 pilots and 137 observers, of whom 2,539 pilots and 85 observers had been sent overseas.{{sfnp|Sullivan|1919|p=75}}

On 24 April 1919, Hoare relinquished his Royal Air Force commission on ceasing to be employed, and reverted to his army rank of major in the Indian Army.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31458 |date=15 July 1919 |page=9014 |nolink=yes}}</ref> On 3 June 1919, he was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the King's [[Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |city=e |date=5 June 1919 |issue=13458 |page=2042}}</ref> Major and [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] Lieutenant-Colonel Hoare retired from the Indian Army on 21 January 1923<ref>{{London Gazette |date=7 September 1923 |issue=32860 |page=6058 |nolink=yes}}</ref> and was granted the [[honorary rank]] of brigadier-general.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=18 September 1923 |issue=32863 |page=6276 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

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