Tedder Receives Freedom Of ***** Where He Went To School -- Marshal of the Royal Air force Lord Tedder signing the Roll of Honorary Freemen at Croydon Town Hall watched by the Mayor of Croydon, Councillor James Marshall, Justice of the Peace. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, deputy to General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Fordes, during the war and now Chief of Britain's Air Staff, received the Freedom of the Borough of Croydon, near London, at a ceremony in Croydon Town Hall. September 26, 1946.