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Trotman A Coy QMS 235358 2nd Worcestershire Regiment Albert Trotman (Compositor) enlisted in the 2nd Bn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.). He was promoted Lance-Corporal in February 1916, Corporal in January 1917, and Sergeant in the following August. On January 1st, 1918, he landed in France, on transfer to the 2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regt. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry on April 12th, 1918, and in the same month he was appointed Acting Company Quartermaster-Sergeant. He was demobilised in February 1919. 
Source : War Record Of Cambridge University Press 1914-1919 235356 Sergt. (A./C.Q.M.S.) A. Trotman Worc. Reg. (Cambridge) (LG 3 Oct. 1918). For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He was the first to volunteer to join a party to cut a way through the surrounding enemy. He showed the greatest coolness in assembling the men, and most successfully dealt with a large party of the enemy, later taking a position with great skill, and holding on there against far superior forces until fresh orders came for him. Source : UK Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-1920 |