John Trotman
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury Town Cross - Broad Street
Regiment: Dorset Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 25510
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home address: Water Lane, Chipping Sodbury. Lived at 95 Lymington Road, Torquay with wife Eva
Pre-war occupation: Travelling Tailor
Date of birth: 1889
Place of birth: Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Date of death: 01/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, France (No C13)
Age: 28
Further information:
5th Battalion, Dorset Regiment, British Army
One of 8 Children of Water Lane, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol. His brother of Frank Trotman was also killed. John was married to Eva Trotman (nee Clarke) of Newton Abbott
Died of wounds incurred in the last battle he fought alongside the New Zealand forces at Colincamps to the north of Albert. Private John Trotman is one of over 1100 First World War casualties buried in this cemetery, some 200 or more remain unidentified
John Trotman is remembered on the on the Chipping Sodbury Town Cross and on the Chipping Sodbury War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Chipping Sodbury
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Alison Benton (2014) Remembered with Honour. Sprint Print, Yate. Forces War Records