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style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1891-05-02</span>)</span>2 May 1891<br /><a href="/wiki/Senekal" title="Senekal">Senekal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orange_Free_State" title="Orange Free State">Orange Free State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">2 December 1972<span style="display:none">(1972-12-02)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a>, South Africa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>United Kingdom</li><li>South 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of Honour"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/44px-Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/66px-Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/88px-Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Enid Kathleen Helen Collard (1901 – 1958)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Son: John Frederick Van Ryneveld (1923 – 1996)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <b>Sir Helperus Andreas van Ryneveld</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">KBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">CB</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a></span></span> (2 May 1891 – 2 December 1972), known as <b>Sir Pierre van Ryneveld</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs" title="List of South African military chiefs">South African military commander</a>. He was the founding commander of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South African Air Force</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_van_Ryneveld&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg/220px-Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg/330px-Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg/440px-Middle_East._C._1941._Group_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="494" /></a><figcaption>Middle East. C. 1941. Group portrait of Air Marshal A. W. Tedder, Air Officer C-in-C of RAF Middle East (left), Lieutenant General Sir Pierre van Ryneveld, Chief of the General Staff South African Forces (centre), and Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Blamey, Deputy C-in-C Middle East</figcaption></figure> <p>Van Ryneveld began his military career in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, in which he served in the <a href="/wiki/Loyal_North_Lancashire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Loyal North Lancashire Regiment">Loyal North Lancashire Regiment</a>, transferring in April 1915 to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a>, later the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. For his service in the war, Van Ryneveld was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WWW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a> and presented with the <a href="/wiki/Chevalier_of_the_Legion_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevalier of the Legion of Honour">Chevalier of the Legion of Honour</a> from the French government.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war, Van Ryneveld was called back to South Africa by the Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jan_Smuts" title="Jan Smuts">Jan Smuts</a> in order to set up the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South African Air Force</a> (SAAF).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He flew back home, across Africa, in a <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Vimy" title="Vickers Vimy">Vickers Vimy</a> – a pioneering feat for which he and his co-pilot <a href="/wiki/Quintin_Brand" title="Quintin Brand">Quintin Brand</a> were both knighted.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KBE_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KBE-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vickers_Vimy_1920_(Brand_and_van_Ryneveld).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Vickers_Vimy_1920_%28Brand_and_van_Ryneveld%29.jpg/220px-Vickers_Vimy_1920_%28Brand_and_van_Ryneveld%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Vickers_Vimy_1920_%28Brand_and_van_Ryneveld%29.jpg/330px-Vickers_Vimy_1920_%28Brand_and_van_Ryneveld%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Vickers_Vimy_1920_%28Brand_and_van_Ryneveld%29.jpg/440px-Vickers_Vimy_1920_%28Brand_and_van_Ryneveld%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="579" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption>(L-R) Lt Col van Ryneveld with First Lt <a href="/wiki/Quintin_Brand" title="Quintin Brand">Quintin Brand</a>, February 1920, in front of Vickers Vimy <i>Silver Queen</i>, before their England to South Africa flight</figcaption></figure> <p>Colonel van Ryneveld established the SAAF in 1920, and directed it until 1933, when he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs" title="List of South African military chiefs">Chief of the General Staff</a> (CGS),<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in command of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Defence_Force_(South_Africa)" title="Union Defence Force (South Africa)">Union Defence Forces</a>. However, for the next four years the SAAF remained under Van Ryneveld's direct control as no one was appointed as the Air Force's director until 1937. </p><p>In 1925, then Lt-Col van Ryneveld took part in the government's suppression of the <a href="/wiki/Rehoboth_Uprising" title="Rehoboth Uprising">Baster Council's rebellion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Van Ryneveld served as CGS for sixteen years, including the whole of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. He was made a <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> in 1945<sup id="cite_ref-WWW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and retired in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_van_Ryneveld&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Civil)_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.svg/93px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.svg/139px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.svg/186px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Civil%29_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="765" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a> (<i>Knight Commander</i>) (<b>KBE</b>), Civil Division<sup id="cite_ref-KBE_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KBE-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath CB"><img alt="Order of the Bath CB" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/91px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="91" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/139px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/182px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a> (<i>Companion</i>) (<b>CB</b>)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order DSO"><img alt="Distinguished Service Order DSO" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon.svg/89px-Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="89" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon.svg/136px-Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon.svg/178px-Distinguished_Service_Order_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="765" data-file-height="215" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a> (<b>DSO</b>)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross MC"><img alt="Military Cross MC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ribbon_-_Military_Cross.png/82px-Ribbon_-_Military_Cross.png" decoding="async" width="82" height="25" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Ribbon_-_War_Medal_%26_MiD.png/182px-Ribbon_-_War_Medal_%26_MiD.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945#Clasps" title="War Medal 1939–1945">War Medal 1939 – 1945</a> (<i>Mentioned in Dispatches</i>) (<b>MID</b>)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chevalier_of_the_Legion_of_Honour" title="Chevalier of the Legion of Honour"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/91px-Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="91" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/139px-Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/182px-Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Chevalier_of_the_Legion_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevalier of the Legion of Honour">Chevalier of the Legion of Honour</a> (France)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesakes_and_legacy">Namesakes and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_van_Ryneveld&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Namesakes and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a> <a href="/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb">suburb</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_van_Ryneveld_Park" title="Pierre van Ryneveld Park">Pierre van Ryneveld Park</a> was named in his honour and the airport just north of <a href="/wiki/Upington,_Northern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Upington, Northern Cape">Upington</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cape" title="Northern Cape">Northern Cape</a> is also named after Van Ryneveld. Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School is in <a href="/wiki/Kempton_Park,_Gauteng" class="mw-redirect" title="Kempton Park, Gauteng">Kempton Park, Gauteng</a>. The SAAF's annual <a href="/wiki/Air_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Air power">air power</a> symposium, is known as the Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld Air Power Symposium.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_van_Ryneveld&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-KBE-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KBE_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KBE_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The citation for his Knighthood reads as follows: 14 May 1920 - Lieutenant-Colonel Hesperus Andrias Van Ryneveld, DSO, MC, late Royal Air Force - Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of the valuable services rendered to Aviation by the successful flight from England to Cape Town, South Africa.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre_van_Ryneveld&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-WWW-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WWW_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WWW_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U160537"><i>Who Was Who 1971–1980</i></a>. 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