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Frederick Trumble

1893 – 1918

English cricketer and Royal Navy officer

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Lived 1893 – 1918 (aged 24). Frederick Trumble was a military personnel and cricketer.

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 (died 1915), of The Old House, Haywards Heath, Sussex, and his wife, Ada Catherine, daughter of George Wood Bayldon, of Wakefield, a paper manufacturer from a family of Yorkshire landowners. He was educated at the Britannia Royal Naval College, entering in September 1908. 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. He was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant in July 1914, with promotion to the rank of lieutenant coming in June 1916. He was serving aboard , the flagship of rear admiral Sir Roger Keyes, during the Second Ostend Raid in May 1918. He was buried with full military honours at Dover.

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Britannia Royal Naval College
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Frederick Hugh Geoffrey Trumble

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Who was Frederick Trumble?

English cricketer and Royal Navy officer (1893-1918)

When was Frederick Trumble born?

Frederick Trumble was born on 9 October 1893 in Brading.

When did Frederick Trumble die?

Frederick Trumble died on 10 May 1918 in Belgium, North Sea, Ostend.

What was Frederick Trumble's occupation?

Frederick Trumble was a military personnel and cricketer.

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· Wikidata: Q64770483

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