Editing Gilbert Insall (section)

==Royal Air Force career==
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After the war, Insall remained in the service, receiving a permanent commission as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in the newly formed Royal Air Force. On 1 August 1919; his rank was regraded to [[Flight lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]] when the RAF adopted its new rank structure.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31517|page=10655|date=22 August 1919}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Squadron leader|Squadron Leader]] on 1 November.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31663|page=14703|date=28 November 1919}}</ref> On 16 December, he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] (MC) for gallantry in escaping from captivity as a POW during the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31691|supp=y|page=15615|date=12 December 1919}}</ref>

On a clear day in 1925, he spotted a strange formation of pits in the ground below him. He took a photograph, and from this one photograph came the rediscovery of the Bronze Age site now known as [[Woodhenge]] two miles from Stonehenge (Crawford, Air-Photography for Archaeologists 1929). In 1929 he similarly discovered [[Arminghall#Arminghall Henge|Arminghall Henge]].

Insall served in Southern Mesopotamia (Iraq) against the Akhwan in 1927–1928, for which he was [[mentioned in despatches]] and awarded the [[General Service Medal (1918)]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33477|page=1822|date=15 March 1929}}</ref> As a Squadron Leader he was responsible for reforming [[No. 35 Squadron RAF|No 35 Sqn]] which stood up on 1 March 1929 and served as its first Commanding Officer for three months until June 1929. He was promoted to [[wing commander|Wing Commander]] shortly after on 1 July 1929<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33513|page=4635|date=2 July 1929}}</ref> and took up the post of Station Commander at [[RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin)|RAF Donibristle]] later that month. On 23 July 1932 he was appointed as Station Commander at [[RAF Upavon]]. On 15 May 1934 he moved to [[RAF Kenley]], again filling the post of Station Commander. He was later promoted to [[Group captain|Group Captain]] on 1 July 1935<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34176|page=4262|date=2 July 1935}}</ref> and served overseas in the Middle East before returning to the UK in 1939 to fill the post of Officer Commanding No.3 RAF Depot at [[Padgate|RAF Padgate]] from 1 April 1939. He served at this rank throughout the Second World War in a number of posts and finally retired from RAF service on 30 July 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37280|supp=y|page=4743|date=21 September 1945}}</ref> Insall's headstone is in [[Nocton]] Churchyard, [[Lincolnshire]]. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the [[Royal Air Force Museum]] in [[Hendon]].