Autographs of Dermot Boyle

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle, GCB, KCVO, KBE, AFC (2 October 1904 – 5 May 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served in the Second World War initially as a staff officer with the Advanced Air Striking Force in Reims in which capacity he organised the evacuation of the Force through Brest in May 1940. His war service included tours as a bomber squadron commander, as a station commander and also as an air group commander. He was Chief of the Air Staff in the late 1950s and, in that role, deployed British air power during the Suez Crisis in October 1956 and defended the RAF against the views of Duncan Sandys, the Minister for Defence, who believed that the V bomber force rendered manned fighter aircraft redundant.
Born the son of Alexander Francis and Anna Maria (née Harpur) Boyle, Dermot was brought up in Abbeyleix, Queen's County and educated at St Columba's College, Dublin.
Boyle joined the Royal Air Force on 14 September 1922 as a flight cadet at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. On successfully passing through the college, he was commissioned as a pilot officer on 31 July 1924 and immediately posted to No. 17 Squadron at RAF Hawkinge where he flew Snipes. He transferred to No. 1 Squadron at RAF Hinaidi in Iraq to undertake air policing duties in December 1925 and, having been promoted to flying officer on 31 January 1926, he transferred again this time to No. 6 Squadron at RAF Mosul also in Iraq in November 1926.
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Traded items with a signature of Dermot Boyle

The most expensive item with a signature of Dermot Boyle (Sir Dermot Boyle MY LIFE: An Autobiography RAF Signed Edition Hardback 29/500) was sold in August 2025 for £49.99 while the cheapest item (1989 RAF 13 Cover - Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle - signed) found a new owner for £0.80 in May 2019. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2018 with an average selling price of £25.23 for an autographed item of Dermot Boyle. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2014 with £35.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.95 was March 2014. In average, an autographed item from Dermot Boyle is worth £3.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Dermot Boyle were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1975 RAF Museum Sir Dermot Boyle cover signed.	£11.50
	CMD13ab Sir Dermot Boyle MRAF. Signed M K Widdowson OC RAF Coningsby	£2.00
	CMD13b Sir Dermot Boyle MRAF signed Commanders RAF cover WW2 BOB Pilot	£8.19
	CMD13b Sir Dermot Boyle MRAF, Signed Sir Dermot Boyle WW2 BOB Pilot	£4.82
	CMD13b Sir Dermot Boyle MRAF, Signed Sir Dermot Boyle WW2 BOB Pilot	£4.00
	Handley Page Heyford Cover Signed By Marshal Of RAF Sir Dermot Boyle	£4.50
	MRAF SIR DERMOT BOYLE GCB KCVO KBE AFC Signed RAF B18c H.P. Heyford Bomber Cover	£6.94
	RAF BOMBER COMMAND SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED ACM SIR DERMOT BOYLE AFC	£0.99
	RAF Flown Marshal of the RAF Sir Dermot Boyle signed 41st ann Battle of Britain	£7.54
	RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER FDC SIGNED SIR DERMOT BOYLE AFC KBE GCB KCVO	£1.89
	RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED AIR VICE MARSHALL SIR DERMOT BOYLE AFC	£0.99
	RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY SIR DERMOT BOYLE AFC WINNER.	£1.20
	RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED MARSHAL OF THE RAF SIR DERMOT BOYLE AFC WINNER	£3.12
	RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED SIR DERMOT BOYLE AFC BATTLE OF BRITAIN	£0.99
	SC40 RAF Hendon Opening RAF Museum Signed MRAF Sir Dermot Boyle	£3.95