Trenchard, Hugh, 1st Viscount Trenchard

has biography: British military officer in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and a key figure in the foundation of the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF). Trenchard served in several colonial and military capacities, including Commandant of the Southern Nigeria Regiment (1904–1905; 1907-1910), Chief of the Air Staff (1918; 1919-1930). During the interwar years, he had oversight of Britain's colonial bombing operations in countries such as Somalia, Iraq and India.
was born: 3 February 1873
died in: 10 February 1956
has nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type: depicted

is referred to by: Wikipedia; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery; Internet Archive - Sven Lvindqvist, A History of Bombing (New York: The New Press, 2001); Internet Archive - David E. Omissi, Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force, 1919-1939 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990)

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