Francis Herbert Trubody
Memorial: Kingswood - Summerhill Methodist
Regiment: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 235872
Parents: Herbert and Henrietta Trubody
Marital status: Single
Home address: 120 Hillside Road, St. George, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Candle Maker
Date of birth: 1893
Place of birth: Hanham, Bristol
Date of death: 02/05/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site. Commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial and Summerhill Methodist Church Memorial Kingswood.
Age: 25
Further information:
Francis was born at Hanham, the son of a bootmaker and the eldest child of seven children with three brothers and three sisters.
Francis enlisted initially with the Gloucestershire Yeomanry (3569) later transferring to the Corps of Hussars with whom he fought in the Egyptian Theatre of war against the Turks. The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured the city of Jerusalem on the 8th December 1917 and despite further intermittent fighting, it remained in allied hands until the end of the war. Francis was killed in action five months after the capture but his body was never found. The Jerusalem Memorial where he is remembered, commemorates 3,300 Commonwealth servicemen who died during the First World War in operations in Egypt or Palestine and who have no known grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/