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Pte. William Edward Trimmer

British Army 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade

from:2, Florence Cottage, Orchard Rd., Alton, Hants

(d.6th February 1915)

My Great Uncle, William Trimmer, joined the Army on 2nd September 1914 aged 30.He was posted to his training unit on 4th September 1914 being posted to France on 27th December 1914 being deployed to the front line south of Laventie in January 1915.

He was wounded in late January 1915 to early February 1915. Private William Edward Trimmer died of wounds in the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps hospital, Wimereux, France which is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. He is buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery



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