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
Died serving in WW1. Member of the parish of Saint Olave and Saint John Southwark.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Colvyn Hugh Haye was born on 7 December 1925 in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India, a son of Colvyn Hugh Haye (1895-1969) and Avis Rose Haye née Kelly. He was educated at the Oak Grove School, Jharipa...
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