Educated at
Marlborough College, Ellwood joined the
Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. During his service as a
fighter pilot in the
First World War, he scored ten victories (all in the
Sopwith Camel) to become a double
flying ace, being awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross in the process. Having been awarded one of the first permanent
commissions in the Royal Air Force in 1919, he was appointed
Officer Commanding No. 5 Squadron in India in 1932 before returning to the UK in 1937 to join the Directing Staff at the
RAF Staff College. Ellwood served in the
Second World War as Deputy Director of Bomber Operations before becoming Air Officer Commanding
No. 18 Group in January 1943 and then Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters
Coastal Command in March 1944. He completed his service as Director-General of Personnel. After the war Ellwood was appointed the Air Officer Commanding in Chief
Bomber Command. His next and last tour was as Air Officer Commanding in Chief
Transport Command before retiring in January 1952. In retirement he became
Deputy Lieutenant of
Somerset. Also Governor & Commandant of the Church Lads' Brigade from 1954 to 1970. ==References==