1. Mary Georgina Trevan (1908-) who married Ernest William Wright 1Q1926, York
2. Doris Trevan (1910-) who married Mr Morgen 4Q1929, York
3. Gladys Maud Trevan (1913- before 14 Aug 1997) who married Leslie Brigham 4Q1930, York

Brief Description

Daughter Mary was born on 22 Nov 1908 in York. Daughter Gladys was born on 13 Nov 1913 at 50 James St, York and Fred was described as a Miller's Labourer on her birth certficate.

He joined up for WWI and was private 7905 with the 2nd Batallion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). His death is recorded in 1915 in the civil registration records under the name of Fred Treven. The War Graves Commission records indicate that he died age 29 on Wednesday, 5th May 1915 and record him as the son of the late Frederick and Emma Trevan and husband of Sarah Jane Trevan, of 70 Hope St, York. His only known brother Thomas Henwood Trevan also died in WWI in 1918 and is buried in modern day Iraq. His memorial is on the north gate of the Baghdad War Cemetry.

He is remembered with honour at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, otherwise known as Flanders, where his name is carved along with those of his comrades who died mostly in the 3 battles fought in the area to the north of the town. He died during the 2nd battle of Ypres which started in April 1915 and during which poison gas was used for the first time.

His widow moved to London and her death was registered in Islington in Apr-Jun 1947, aged 62.

Fred and Jennie's greatgrandson Crispian Brigham has kindly provided me with some photographs of Fred, the Menin Memorial where his name is inscribed and also of hill 60. Every evening at 8pm the Last Post Salute is performed within the arches of the Menin Gate Memorial.

Explaining the significance of hill 60, Crispian wrote to me as follows:

Hill 60 is around 4 miles away from the town of Ypres. It was contested for between the British and Germans many times in the early stages of WW1 and we believe that Fred Trevan died during one of the first mustard gas attacks known to man. He, as well as many of his comrades, were buried on or around Hill 60.

There are very few, if any, natural hills in Belgium and Hill 60 itself was and is an artificial hill. It was created from the earth that was removed during the laying of the railway tracks that run alongside the hill. The photographs of the pill boxes are actually on the battlefield of hill 60. When the war ended the Hill was left to the forces of nature to reclaim and has not altered from that day to this. Evidence of this is to be seen in the form of shattered steel objects and concrete bunkers ruptured etc. The Hill was recaptured from the Germans near the end of the war by an Australian regiment who undermined the German trench positions and detonated explosives....the result again requires little imagination.