21. He ceased to command C Company on 16 July due to his wounds and relinquished the acting rank of Major. 22. Baker also saw service in Adjutant-General, India on 24 October 1941 with the acting rank of lieutenant general. 23. On 30 September 1918 he was appointed to the acting rank of major in the Royal Air Force's Administrative Branch. 24. On 16 September 1918 he was appointed a flight commander with the acting rank of captain, to serve in 56 Squadron. 25. On 5 April 1973, he was appointed Director General Army Medical Services and granted the acting rank of lieutenant-general. 26. He left the army in 1945 with the substantive rank of major, having briefly held the acting rank of lieutenant-colonel. 27. On 24 September he was promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, though remaining seconded to the RFC with his acting rank . 28. On 23 October 1918, shortly before the armistice brought an end to hostilities, he was granted the acting rank of major. 29. Appointed to the acting rank of flight commander, Casey died in a flying accident during a test flight on 11 August 1917. 30. The Royal Marines, however, retained it as an acting rank only until 1997, when both commodore and brigadier became substantive ranks.
