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Air Vice Marshal Arthur Daniel Button CB OBE RAF (26 May 1916 - 27 May 1991) was a senior commander in the British Royal Air Force.

Education: Ilford County High School, University College, Southampton (later the University of Southampton; BSc Hons (Lond.)).

He joined the RAF Educational Service in 1938. He was on general duties, 1941-6 (Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air, 1946). He returned to the RAF Education Branch in 1946 and spent the remainder of his career there, being its director, 1972-6.

After his retirement, he was director of the Association of Recognised English Language Schools (ARELS) Examinations Trust, 1976-86. He was a member of the council of the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAF Accociation, 1980-9 and the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund, 1983-1991. He was Honorary President, ARELS-FELCO (Federation of English Language Course Organisations), from 1990 and a governor of the Duke of Kent School, 1981-6.

He was awarded the OBE in 1959 and CB in 1976.

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