Air Marshal Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard GCB OM GCVO DSO, Royal Air Force, Silver Inkstand.
Hugh Trenchard (1873 - 1956), known as the Father of the Royal Air Force. He served as an infantry officer in India and was critically injured in South Africa during the Boer War becoming partly paralysed. He recuperated in Switzerland and after a bobsleighing accident found his partial paralysis had gone. He learnt to fly in 1912 and during the First World War served as Commander of the Royal Flying Corps. He briefly served as Chief of Air Staff in 1918 before becoming Commander of the Independant Air Force in France. He then resumed duties as Chief of Air Staff, securing the future of the RAF. In 1927 he was promoted from Air Chief Marshal to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, becoming the first person to hold this highest rank. In the 1930's he served as a Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
The inscription relates to the 1920 marriage and there is a short British Pathe film of the ceremony where he was known as Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard.
Hallmarked to the underside of the base, bottle collar and bottle cover for Birmingham 1919 by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd.
In excellent order with no glass or silver damage.
Approximate silver weight is 238 grams or 7.6 troy ounces.
Approximate total weight is 345 grams.
Approximate dimensions are 16.3 cm length, 10.5 cm width and 6 cm height.
