Frederick Trumble
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Full name | Frederick Hugh Geoffrey Trumble | ||||||||||||||
Born | 9 October 1893 Brading, Isle of Wight, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 10 May 1918 HMS Warwick, North Sea, off Ostend, Belgium | (aged 24)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 June 2019 |
Frederick Hugh Geoffrey Trumble (9 October 1893 – 10 May 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Trumble was born at Brading on the Isle of Wight to Frederick Hugh Geoffrey Trumble, and his wife, Mrs A. C. Trumble.[1] He was educated at the Britannia Royal Naval College, entering in September 1908.[1] He graduated in 1912, entering into the Royal Navy as a midshipman.[1] He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1914.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by William Parker in the Royal Navy's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Francis Wilson for 8 runs.[3] He was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant in July 1914,[4] with promotion to the rank of lieutenant coming in June 1916.[5] He was serving aboard HMS Warwick, the flagship of rear admiral Sir Roger Keyes, during the Second Ostend Raid in May 1918.[1] He was killed during the raid, when he was shot in the head by an accidental discharge of a Lewis gun.[1] He was posthumously mentioned in dispatches for his actions during the raid in August 1918.[6] He was buried with full military honours at Dover.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 151. ISBN 1473864194.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Trumble". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "Army v Royal Navy, 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "No. 28850". The London Gazette. 17 July 1914. p. 5555.
- ^ "No. 29625". The London Gazette. 16 June 1916. p. 5983.
- ^ "No. 30870". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 August 1918. p. 10088.
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- Military personnel from the Isle of Wight
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- Royal Navy officers of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Firearm accident victims
- Sportspeople from the Isle of Wight