Service Details
Name:
 TROLLIP
Given Name:
 JOHN EDWARDS
Initials:
 J E
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 London Regiment
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Unit:
 7th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-08-27
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Date of Birth:
 1879-09-02
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Marricourt, Peronne, France
Additional
Information:
Son of Louis Henry Trollip and Elizabeth Prudence (nee Edwards) Trollip. Brother of Harry Trollip; Minnie Trollip; Ella Trollip and May Trollip. Born Daggaboer, Bedford. Served as a Lance Corporal with the Bedford Town Guard & District Mounted Troops in the ABW; taken prisoner at Baviaan's River 14/3/1901; a farmer. Enlisted as Private (#765335) with the 28th Battalion LR (The Artists Rifles); commissioned & served with the 7th Battalion in France. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Ccommemoration stone in Daggaboer Cemetery, Bedford. Commemorated on the Kingswood College; the Bedford Town, Eastern Cape & the Bedford Presbyterian Church WWI Memorials. ***Headstone says TROLLOP
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. J. 3.

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