Founder of the Royal Air Force. Born Somerset. Aged 20 joined the Second Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served in India, in the Boer War and in Nigeria. Learnt to fly in 1912 and served in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1. Became the first Chief of the Air Staff in 1919 and went on to found the RAF.
After retiring from the RAF he became Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police 1931-5 and founded the Hendon Police College.
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Air Marshal Lord Hugh Montague Trenchard
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. Royal Flying Corps
Arthur James Goreham was born on 13 May 1899 in West Ham, the youngest of four children of William Goreham and Mary Jane Goreham née Oriss. His father was a General Labourer. The 1901 census shows ...
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. Seaforth Highlanders
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