Name
John Wilfred Hugh Trenchard
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/10/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Garrison Artillery
122nd Heavy Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
XX. D. 9.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Caldicott School Memorial, Hitchin*1
Pre War
John was born on the 5th March 1897 and his home was at Wolverton, Enfield in Middlesex, the son of Hugh and Katherine Trenchard, of Enfield, Middx.
He entered the School in April 1910 and left in July 1911 to go to Mill Hill.
Wartime Service
He was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with the 122nd Heavy Brigade. He received the wounds which resulted in his death during the artillery duels taking place in the preparations for the Battle of Broodseinde in the Ypres Salient which was to start on the 4th October 1917. He may have been promoted to Captain by the time of his injuries.
John is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Additional Information
*1 This memorial (names only) was removed to Caldicott School, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, when the school moved to that site.
Acknowledgments
Terry Ransome, www.caldicott.com/HistoryWW2.aspx, Jonty Wild
