Captain Joseph Ernest Troughton MC (1904-1911)

According to the 1968 Register there is another name that should be added to the Memorial – Captain Joseph Ernest TROUGHTON MC (1904-11) . He was born on 7 June 1894 and even before leaving the College had been awarded a vellum testimonial from the Royal Humane Society for saving a life from drowning. During WW1 he served in West Riding Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1918 “For distinguished service in the field”. He fought in Gallipoli, Egypt and the Western Front and was wounded at Messines in June 1917. According to the Register he died of these wounds in August 1922 at the age of 28.