Second Lieutenant Bernard Freeman Trotter
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Trotter,
Bernard Freeman
Date of birth: 1890-06-16
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mr. Thomas Trotter, Father, 11 Kendal Av., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Teacher
Occupation (normalized): Teacher, Level and Subject Unknown
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-05-07
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension, I. F. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 82066
Highest Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Rank detail
Second Lieutenant (British Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Instantly killed when working with the battalion transport on the night of May 7th, 1917 (Source: University of Toronto ROH)
Commemoration location: University of Toronto Roll of Honour
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 181233
LAC ID:
280326
Service file: B9791-S038
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the Rev. Professor Thomas Trotter, D.D., and Ellen Freeman Trotter, of 95, St. George St., Toronto, Canada.
A notice in the Toronto Star published February 10th, 1916, captioned "Varsity Men Accepted / Forty More Get Commissions in the British Forces" indicated that B. F. Trotter was one of 40 men who made applications for commissions in the Imperial Forces, and that these were accepted by Major-General Gwatkin, Chief of the General Staff, Ottawa.
Uploader's Research notes:
Full military file here:
[Second Lieutenant Army British Infantry 11th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-17