George Paine CB

Order of the Bath

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 DFC

Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

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 (14 April 1918–2 March 1992) (known as "Toby") was a statistician

Statistician

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 in the British Civil Service

British Civil Service

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. He rose to become Director of Statistics and Intelligence at the Inland Revenue

Inland Revenue

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, Registrar General

Registrar General

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 of England and Wales, and Director of Office of Population Censuses and Surveys

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys

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 from November 1972.

He was born in Kent

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 and was schooled at home, Ovingdean Hall School

Ovingdean Hall School

Ovingdean Hall School was a special day and boarding secondary school for the severely and profoundly deaf children and young people including those with additional special needs...

 and Bradfield College

Bradfield College

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 before attending Peterhouse, Cambridge

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He navigated in De Havilland Mosquito

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s during World War II and earned a DFC

Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against...

. He took early retirement in 1978. to farm in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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Honours and awards

• 19 September 1944 - Flying Office Robert Lyle James Barbour (125456), RAFVR, 264 Sqn. Flying Officer George Paine (129167), RAFVR, 264 Sqn. Have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
  Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
  The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against...
  
   - These officers have completed very many sorties as pilot and observer respectively. They have displayed great skill and co-operation and have destroyed 3 enemy aircraft at night. Their keenness and devotion to duty have been most commendable.

• 15 June 1974 - George Paine, DFC, Director of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and Registar General of England and Wales is appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath
  Order of the Bath
  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...