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{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir Paul Maltby
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|birth_date= {{Birth date|1892|08|05|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Alappuzha, India<ref name="Census1901">[[Census in the United Kingdom|1901 Census of Royston]], RG13/1292, Folio 29, Page 16, Paul C Maltby, Age 8, Relation: Boarder, Where born: India, Allepeey, Address: The Rectory, Ashwell, Royston, Hertfordshire.</ref>
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1971|07|02|1892|08|05|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[Aldershot]], [[Hampshire]], England
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]] (1911–18) [[Royal Air Force]] (1918–46)
|serviceyears= 1911–1946
|rank= [[Air Vice Marshal]]<ref name="Klemen" />
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|commands= Westgroup, Java (1942) RAF Northern Ireland (1941) [[No. 71 Group RAF|No. 71 Group]] (1940–41) [[No. 24 Group RAF|No. 24 Group]] (1938–40) [[Near East Air Force (Royal Air Force)|RAF Mediterranean]] (1935–38) [[Central Flying School]] (1932–35) [[No. 1 Wing RAF|No. 1 Wing]] (1925–26) [[No. 5 Squadron RAF|No. 5 Squadron]] (1919–24)
|battles= [[First World War]] [[Second World War]]
|awards= [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]]<ref name="Klemen" /> [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<ref name="Klemen" /> [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]] [[Order of Orange-Nassau|Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau]] (Netherlands)<ref name="Klemen" />
|relations= Major General [[Christopher Maltby]] (brother)
|laterwork= [[Serjeant-at-Arms]], [[House of Lords]]<ref name="Klemen" /> [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Southampton]]<ref name="Klemen" />
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[[Air Vice Marshal]] '''Sir Paul Copeland Maltby''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCVO|KBE|CB|DSO|AFC|DL}} (5 August 1892 – 2 July 1971) was a senior [[Royal Air Force]] officer who later served as the Serjeant at Arms in the [[House of Lords]].

==Military career==
In 1942 Maltby was assistant Air Officer Commanding [[British Far East Command|Far East Command]] and Air Officer Commanding RAF in [[Java]].<ref name="Klemen">{{cite web |first= Klemen |last= L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/maltby.html |title= Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul (Copeland) Maltby |date= 1999–2000 |work= Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120325051613/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/maltby.html |archivedate= 25 March 2012 }}</ref> He ordered the formation of 225th RAF (Bomber) Group on 1 January 1942.<ref>{{cite web |first= Klemen |last= L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/fall_sumatra.html |title= The Japanese Invasion of Sumatra Island |date= 1999–2000 |work= Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status= live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121203032143/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/fall_sumatra.html |archivedate= 3 December 2012 }}</ref> Maltby arrived in West Java on 14 February 1942 and set up his headquarters at [[Soekaboemi]].<ref name="Java-DEI">{{cite web|first = Klemen | last = L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/java.html |title= The conquest of Java Island, March 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}</ref>
The allies suffered heavy losses of planes to the Japanese.<ref name="Java-DEI" />

On 22 February 1942 the [[American-British-Dutch-Australian Command|ABDA Command]] was dissolved. [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] generally agreed with [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell|Wavell]] that Java should be fought for, but insisted that the main reinforcements should be sent to [[Burma]] and [[India]] and not to Java. The overall command was handed over to the [[Royal Netherlands East Indies Army]]. Churchill signaled Maltby the very next day: "I send you and all ranks of the British forces who have stayed behind in Java my best wishes for success and honour in the great fight that confronts you. Every day gained is precious, and I know that you will do everything humanly possible to prolong the battle". Maltby's main tasks were to continue the fight to defend Java as long as equipment could be maintained and do everything possible to evacuate surplus units and personnel to Ceylon or Australia.<ref name="Java-DEI" />

The Japanese invasion force landed on Java at the end of February and the start of March. The allied forces were quickly beaten. On 12 March 1942 the senior British, Australian and American commanders were summoned to Bandoeng where the formal instrument of surrender was signed in the presence of the Japanese commander in the [[Bandoeng]] area, Lieutenant General [[Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer)|Masao Maruyama]],<ref>{{cite web|first = Klemen | last = L |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/maruyama.html |title= Lieutenant-General Masao Maruyama |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942}}</ref> who promised them the rights of the [[Geneva Convention]] for the protection of [[prisoners of war]].<ref name="Java-DEI" />

From 1942 to 1945 Maltby was a prisoner of war.<ref name="Klemen" />

Maltby's son John Newcombe Maltby married Lady Sylvia Harris, daughter of [[William Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury]].<ref>[http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/malmesbury1800.htm Cracroft's Peerage] Retrieved 28 April 2019</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Maltby.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby]
* {{cite web |first= Klemen |last= L |date= 2000 |title= Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/index.html }}

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