Name
Thomas William Trussell
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
22/10/1945
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
1649802
Royal Artillery
99 H.A.A. Regt.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HAMBURG CEMETERY
1A. D. 14.
Germany
Headstone Inscription
"I HAVE A JOURNEY, SIR, SHORTLY TO GO; MY MASTER CALLS ME- I MUST NOT SAY NO"
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was born in Hertfordshire and was resident in the county at the time of his enlistment. His Service Number was 1649802 and he was in the 99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment. He was killed in an accident when he and several others were thrown from an army truck.
He is buried in Plot la, Row D, Grave 14 in Hamburg War Cemetery in Ohlsdorf, Germany. A private inscription on the headstone reads "I have a journey sir, shortly to go, my master calls me, I must not say no" .
He was the son of Charles and Lilley Trussell of Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Mrs T. Russell - his sister
