Trenchard, Hugh Montague, first Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956), air force officer

by Vincent Orange

  • A dashing cavalry officer
  • An indifferent pilot and dangerous tutor
  • Constant aggression
  • Creation of a new service
  • A legendary decade
  • Police reformer
  • Backstairs agitator, privileged spectator
  • A valiant man

References

Themes

  • Metropolitan Police
  • Order of Merit

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • Churchill Archive
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives
  • Who Was Who

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