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Identity
Person No.
25464
Service No.
205455
Last Name
Trenchard 1
First Name
Clifford
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1921 (±1 yr) 698
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
17 August 1942 155
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of injuries 578
Died of injuries, as a POW, from accident 16th August
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
5 Squadron 66
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XIX. H. 24. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Grave
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Grave
On the panel
XIX. H. 24.
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Fred and Norah Trenchard, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "5 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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