List of titles and honours of Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard explained

Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard received numerous titles, decorations, and honours both during and after his military career.

Ranks

Trenchard held the following ranks:^[1]

31 March 1891, 2nd Lieutenant, Forfar and Kincardine Artillery (Militia)
9 September 1893, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Scots Fusiliers
12 August 1896, Lieutenant, Royal Scots Fusiliers
28 February 1900, Captain, Royal Scots Fusiliers
22 August 1902, Brevet Major
1 June 1908, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
4 November 1910, Brevet Major
7 August 1914, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
18 January 1915, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
3 June 1915, Brevet Colonel
25 August 1915, Temporary Brigadier General^[2]
24 March 1916, Temporary Major-General
1 January 1917, Major-General
3 January 1918, Major-General, Royal Air Force
1 August 1919, Air Vice-Marshal, Royal Air Force
11 August 1919, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force
1 April 1922, Air Chief Marshal, Royal Air Force
1 January 1927, Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Mentions in Despatches

25 August 1905 (by F D Lugard, High Commissioner of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate)
18 September 1906 (by Lieutenant-Colonel H C Moorhouse, Officer Commanding Southern Nigeria Regiment)
31 May 1915 (by Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief British Armies in the Field)
1 November 1915 (by Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief, The British Army in France)
1 January 1916 (by Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief, The British Army in France)
15 June 1916
4 January 1917
11 December 1917
20 May 1918
10 April 1919

Orders of chivalry and decorations

18 September 1906, Distinguished Service Order
1 January 1914, Companion in the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
1 January 1918, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
1 January 1924, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
20 July 1935, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
1 January 1951, Order of Merit

Titles of nobility

30 December 1919, Baronet
27 January 1930, Baron Trenchard, of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset
4 February 1936, Viscount Trenchard, of Wolfeton in the County of Dorset

Medals

Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony clasps
King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps
Africa General Service Medal with North Nigeria 1904, Southern Nigeria 1904-05 and Southern Nigeria 1905-06 clasps
1914 Star with 5 August - 22 November 1914 clasp
War Medal
Victory Medal with MiD oakleaf
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
King George VI Coronation Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)

Styles

3 February 1873 – 28 February 1900:	Hugh Montague Trenchard
28 February 1900 – 22 August 1902:	Captain Hugh Montague Trenchard
22 August 1902 – 18 September 1906:	Captain (Brevet Major) Hugh Montague Trenchard
18 September 1906 – 1 June 1908:	Captain (Brevet Major) Hugh Montague Trenchard, DSO
1 June 1908 – 4 November 1910:	Captain (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Hugh Montague Trenchard, DSO
4 November 1910 – 1 January 1914:	Captain (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Hugh Montague Trenchard, DSO
1 January – 7 August 1914:	Captain (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
7 August 1914 – 18 January 1915:	Captain (Brevet Major) Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
18 January – 23 June 1915:	Captain (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
3 June – 25 August 1915:	Captain (Brevet Colonel) Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
25 August 1915 – 24 March 1916:	Captain (Temp. Brigadier-General) Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
24 March 1916 – 1 January 1917:	Captain (Temp. Major-General) Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
1 January 1917 – 1 January 1918:	Major-General Hugh Montague Trenchard, CB, DSO
1–3 January 1918:	Major-General Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, KCB, DSO
3 January 1918 – 1 January 1919:	Major-General (RAF) Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, KCB, DSO
1 January – 1 August 1919:	Major-General (RAF) Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, Bt., KCB, DSO
1–11 August 1919:	Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, Bt., KCB, DSO
11 August 1919 – 1 April 1922:	Air Marshal Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, Bt., KCB, DSO
1 April 1922 – 1 January 1924:	Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, Bt., KCB, DSO
1 January 1924 – 1 January 1927:	Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, Bt., GCB, DSO
1 January 1927 – 27 January 1930:	Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Montague Trenchard, Bt., GCB, DSO
27 January 1930 – 20 July 1935:	Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Right Honourable The Lord Trenchard of Wolfeton, Bt., GCB, DSO
20 July 1935 – 4 February 1936:	Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Right Honourable The Lord Trenchard of Wolfeton, Bt., GCB, GCVO, DSO
4 February 1936 – 1 January 1951:	Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Right Honourable The Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton, Bt., GCB, GCVO, DSO
1 January 1951 – 10 February 1956:	Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Right Honourable The Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton, Bt., GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO

Honorary degrees

1926, Doctor of Civil Law, University of Oxford
date unknown Doctor of Laws, University of Cambridge

Foreign awards

25 August 1915, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class with Swords, Russia
1910s, Croix de Guerre (France)
9 November 1916, Légion d'honneur, Croix de Commandeur, France
24 September 1917, Order of Leopold, Commander, Belgium
11 March 1918, Croix de guerre, Belgium
8 November 1918, Order of the Crown of Italy, Commander, Kingdom of Italy
1910s, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class with Swords, Russia
15 July 1919, Distinguished Service Medal, United States
4 January 1921, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class, Japan
date unknown, Order of the Two Rivers, Iraq

Honorary appointments

13 July 1919 Colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers^[3] (with the honorary rank of Major-General). Resigned appointment on 1 May 1946.

Notes and References

Book: Probert, Henry . High Commanders of the Royal Air Force . 1991 . . London . 0-11-772635-4 . 100 to 101. Probert.
Web site: Marshal of the RAF The Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton . Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation . 9 October 2007 . 31 December 2010 .
Book: Buchan . John . John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir . The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1678–1920 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708202702/http://www.rhf.org.uk/Books/BUCHAN'S.doc . dead . 8 July 2011 . Microsoft Word . 3 December 2009 . c. 1925 . Thomas Nelson And Sons, Ltd . London, Edinburgh and New York . Appendix I .