ABSTRACT
Tedder returned to England on 18 March 1919. He had been away from Rosalinde for more than ten months; their son Dick was then 32 months old and Tedder had seen only 11 of them. Joyous reunions followed with Una and Mark, whose service in Salonika had been far harder than Tedder’s in France or Egypt. Many happy hours were also spent with the Elder clan and (separately) with his parents and Margaret. Their joy was briefly interrupted on 2 April when Tedder learned that he must revert to the rank of major, having proudly worn the distinguished insignia of a lieutenant-colonel for a mere six weeks. He was somewhat consoled (though Rosalinde was not) by the payment into his account of ‘oodles of lovely back pay’ in recognition of the eight months during which he had commanded 38 Training Wing in Egypt.
