Alfred Trulock. Died 7 October 1916
Alfred lived with his wife and four children in Seaford Road, which is located in the centre of Wokingham. He was a builder and also shared the home with a niece and father in law.
His duty in the war was as a sapper for the Royal Engineers and killed in the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme. A sapper was involved in building the infrastructure of a battle field and he could well have been involved in digging many of the tunnels that were a feature of this particular battle.
Sappers were also combatants.
Name: TRULOCK, ALFRED
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 237th Field Company.
Date of Death: 07/10/1916
Service No: 137930
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:
Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
13 Seaford Road, Wokingham, Berkshire
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Alfred Trulock,
All I know of the above gentleman was that he was born on 14th September, 1875 in Hawley, Hampshire and died in the Battle of Somme, France in 1916.
He married a Edith Mary Cotterell on 27th March, 1909 at St Paul’s, Wokingham, Berkshire.
If I’m correct, he left behind four (4) children.
Regards from Ken Lee in Western Australia.
Hello Ken. Alfred was a Sapper in The royal engineers and is commemorated at Thiepval, by the Somme. The date of his death indicates he was killed in the latter stages of the battle. There were large amounts of tunnelling at the time and many deaths came from those actions. I’ll post any new information. Thanks for your help Ken.