Service Details
Name:
 TRAFFORD
Given Name:
 GEOFFREY THOMAS
Initials:
 G T
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 1st Life Guards
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Unit 2:
 attd. 9th Bn. Tank Corps
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Date of Death:
 1918-07-23
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Youngest son of William Thyrkel and Annie Elizabeth Trafford, of Plas Pant Howell, Trelech, and of Kilmore, Rosetta, Natal. Born Natal, South Africa. Brother of Mr. E. Le M. Trafford, of Kilmore, Rosetta, Natal. His brother His brother Edmond Thyrkel Trafford Norfolk Regiment also died in service. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. On Trelech War Memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. F. 13.

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