Marshal of the Royal Air Force

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air force rank five-star rank military rank

Marshal of the Royal Air Force is the highest ceremonial rank in the Royal Air Force, equivalent to a five-star air chief marshal and typically reserved for members of the British royal family or exceptionally senior air officers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Marshal of the Royal Air Force canonical	21
Marshal of the Indian Air Force	1
Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force rank ⓘ five-star rank ⓘ military rank ⓘ
abbreviation	MRAF ⓘ
associatedWith	British Armed Forces ⓘ
ceremonial	true ⓘ
ceremonialUse	military parades ⓘ state occasions ⓘ
commandScope	entire air force (theoretical) ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor	Royal Air Force ⓘ
equivalentRank	Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: Admiral of the Fleet Field Marshal ⓘ NATO rank code OF-10 ⓘ five-star air chief marshal ⓘ
firstHolder	Lord Trenchard ⓘ surface form: Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
firstHolderStartDate	1927 ⓘ
genderRestriction	none ⓘ
grantedBy	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
higherRank	none ⓘ
insigniaType	shoulder board ⓘ sleeve lace ⓘ
inspiredRanks	Marshal of the Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marshal of the Indian Air Force Marshal of the Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force Marshal of the Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
introduced	1919 ⓘ
lowestRankAbove	Air Chief Marshal ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Royal Air Force ⓘ
promotionType	honorary promotion ⓘ
rankClass	five-star officer ⓘ
rankGroup	air officer ⓘ
rankInsignia	broad light blue band on black with additional narrow bands ⓘ eagle and crown shoulder board ⓘ star and crossed batons in a wreath with crown ⓘ
rankLevel	senior officer ⓘ
rankOrder	highest rank in the Royal Air Force ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
status	largely honorary ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Marshal ⓘ
symbolizes	supreme air force authority ⓘ
typicalHolder	member of the British royal family ⓘ very senior Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
usedBy	Commonwealth air forces as model rank ⓘ
usedIn	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
wornOnUniform	No. 1 Service Dress ⓘ mess dress ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester → rank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Sholto Douglas → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Sholto Douglas → hasHonorificPrefix → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Lord Trenchard → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy → equivalentTo → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Marshal of the Royal Air Force → inspiredRanks → Marshal of the Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force

Marshal of the Royal Air Force → inspiredRanks → Marshal of the Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marshal of the Indian Air Force

Air Chief Marshal → higherRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Arthur Harris → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Henry William Frederick Albert → positionHeld → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Charles Portal → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Field Marshal (British Army) → equivalentRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Baron Douglas of Kirtleside → hasRankOfFirstHolder → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Baron Douglas of Kirtleside → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

subject surface form: Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside

Thomas Pike → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Andrew Humphrey → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Adm of the Fleet → equivalentTo → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

subject surface form: Admiral of the Fleet

MRAF → standsFor → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Marshal of the Royal Canadian Air Force → equivalentTo → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Burntwood Cemetery, Goring-on-Thames → militaryRank → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir Arthur Harris

Charles Frederick Algernon Portal → honorificPrefix → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

Viscount Portal of Hungerford → honorificTitle → Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford