Charles James Trowbridge
Surname: Trowbridge
Other names: Charles James
Locations in this story: Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, DorsetPoole (Broadstone) CemeteryVale Farm, Sutton Waldron, DorsetBerkhamsted, HertfordshireIwerne Minster, DorsetBroadstone, DorsetLondon
Story: Charles James "Jim" Trowbridge was born in 1898 in Sutton Waldron and baptised there on 10th December, 1898 . He was the son of Charles Trowbridge, a farmer, and Caroline Sarah Trowbridge (née Barnes). He attended Shaftesbury Grammar School from May 1910 to December 1914 and at the time of the 1911 Census he was living at Vale Farm, Sutton Waldron, Dorset. After leaving school he worked on his father's farm.
In February 1918, when living in Broadstone, Dorset, he enlisted in London as a Cadet in the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps (Service No. 12608). Shortly after joining the Corps at their Field Training School at Kitcheners Field, Berkhamsted, he caught measles, followed by broncho-pneumonia, which proved fatal. He died at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire on 26th March 1918 and was buried at Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery (grave id. B.55). He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster and on the Shaftesbury Grammar School memorial in the Shaftesbury School hall. Their is also a Memorial to all Inns of Court Corps members who died at the top of New Road, Berkhamsted. There are no individual names on this memorial.
He was also included on a hand written list of Shaftesbury Grammar School old boys serving during the war. An asterix can be seen next to Jim's name, indicating that he had died. The board is now at Gold Hill Museum.
Printed Sources:
Shaftesbury Grammar School Magazine, June 1918
In February 1918, when living in Broadstone, Dorset, he enlisted in London as a Cadet in the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps (Service No. 12608). Shortly after joining the Corps at their Field Training School at Kitcheners Field, Berkhamsted, he caught measles, followed by broncho-pneumonia, which proved fatal. He died at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire on 26th March 1918 and was buried at Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery (grave id. B.55). He is remembered on the Sutton Waldron section of the War Memorial at Iwerne Minster and on the Shaftesbury Grammar School memorial in the Shaftesbury School hall. Their is also a Memorial to all Inns of Court Corps members who died at the top of New Road, Berkhamsted. There are no individual names on this memorial.
He was also included on a hand written list of Shaftesbury Grammar School old boys serving during the war. An asterix can be seen next to Jim's name, indicating that he had died. The board is now at Gold Hill Museum.
Printed Sources:
Shaftesbury Grammar School Magazine, June 1918
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