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ROLL OF HONOUR 69
2nd Lieutenant Joseph Simpson M'Kenzie Tombs,
R.F.A., was born in November 1888, and at Loretto
1903 to 1905. XV. School Prizeman. He was a
partner in a Liverpool Broker's office, and was also
making a name for himself in the literary world. He
was a regular contributor to Punch and dramatic
critic to the Daily Post.
As soon as war broke out Lieut. Tombs enlisted
in the 10th Battn. King's Liverpool Regiment (Liver-
pool Scottish). He was invalided home from France
suffering from frost-bite in the winter of 1914. As
soon as he was fit he obtained a commission in the
R.F.A. He returned to France, was wounded on
September 7, 1915, and died from his wounds on
September 11, 1915.
Major Francis Maxwell Chenevix Trench, R.F.A. ,
was born in September 1879, and at Loretto 1892
to 1896. A School Prizeman, he entered the R.M.
Academy, was commissioned in 1898, and served in
South Africa (twice mentioned in despatches), and
in the 1908 Soudan Campaign. He was a graduate
of the Staff College and 1st class interpreter in
Arabic. He went with the B.E.F. to France as
Brigade Major, Divisional Artillery, 2nd Infantry
Division. On October 31, 1914, the day after his
promotion to Major's rank, he attended a Staff
Conference at Hooge Chateau, where a German shell
burst, killing him and five other staff officers. Men-
tioned despatches January 14, 1915.