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References
- ↑ "Hudleston, Edmund Cuthbert" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 10 February 2018.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston. The Times (London, England), Monday, 2 January 1995; pg. 15; Issue 65153
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston
- 1 2 Obituary: Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston The Independent, 11 January 1995
- ↑ Hudleston