Air Officer's Service Dress Cap, Blue Grey, Ptn 1954

This Air Officer’s cap was worn by Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle as part of his ceremonial dress uniform. The Officers' badge on the band consists of a gold wreath with crown and lion, overlaid with a gilt metal eagle.

Sir Dermot joined the RAF in 1922 and received his commission and his pilot's wings in 1924. The outbreak of the Second World War brought him to the Advanced Air Striking Force in France, and in 1943, he moved to the Second Tactical Air Force as Senior Air Staff Officer. After the war, he was appointed Chief of the Air Staff in 1956, and Marshal of the Royal Air Force in 1958.