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

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

## Ranks

Trenchard held the following ranks:
* 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
* 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 (with the honorary rank of Major-General). Resigned appointment on 1 May 1946.