Trimmer, Edmund Howard | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - East Lancashire Regiment. Image kindly provided by Lozleader and available at commons.wikimedia.org 9605220.

Name on Memorial:

Trimmer, E. A.

Forename(s):

Edmund Howard

Surname:

Trimmer

Date of Death:

Tuesday, August 10, 1915

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Degree(s):

BSc Applied Science (1914)

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

East Lancashire Regiment, 6th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

Gallipoli

Biography

Edmund was born in Gloucestershire in 1894 to Arthur Kerr, a Civil Engineer, and Mary Jane Trimmer. He had an older brother called Arthur, and a younger sister called Margaret. They had relocated to the North East by at least 1901.

He studied at Armstrong College between 1911 and 1914 and received a BSc. (Applied Science) in 1914.

Edmund died of his wounds at Chunuk Bair on 10th August 1915 aged 21.

A mistake appears to have been made on the memorial, giving Edmund's middle initial as "A" instead of the correct "H".

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Edmund is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Alan Callender