Trimmer G F Coy Sergt Major 3359 2/4th Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment

Trimmer G F Coy Sergt Major 3359 2/4th Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment

TRIMMER, GILBERT FREDERICK, Coy. Sergt.-Major, No. 3359, 2/4th Battn. The Queen’s, Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of John Trimmer, of Guildford, by his wife, Alice Katurah, dau. of J. Dawes Esher; b. Guildford, co. Surrey, 18 April, 1876; was by trade a Tailor; served in South Africa, 1900, with the City Imperial Volunteers and was invalided, home; after the outbreak of the European War enlisted 2 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli, 9 Aug. 1915. He m. at St. Mary’s, Guildford, 10 Feb. 1902, Grace Eleanor (38, King John Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late George Hewett, of Guildford; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1